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Table 6 Unemployment rates in source countries, minorities vs. majority groups

From: Transnational social mobility of minorities: a comparative analysis of 14 immigrant minority groups

Non-black ethnic minorities

Black minorities

Country

Name of group

Unemployment rate

Ratio

Country

Name of group

Unemployment rate

Ratio

UKa

English

3.8%

 

Brazile

Whites

6.6%

 

Indians

6.4%

1.68

Blacks

7.7%

1.17

Pakistanis

12.8%

3.37

Canadaf

Whites

6%

 

Francea

French

12.5%

 

Blacks

8.75%

1.46

Algerians

29.5%

2.36

UKa

Whites

3.8%

 

Moroccans

34%

2.72

Blacks

11.4%

3.00

Germanyb

Germans

5.5%

 

Francea

Whites

12.5%

 

Iranians

10%

1.82

Blacks

32%

2.56

Turks

13%

2.36

Germanyg

Whites

5.5%

 

Iraqc

Iraqis

12.5%

 

Blacks

20%

3.64

Kurds

15.6%

1.25

The USAh

Whites

5.3%

 

Israeld

Jews

7.5%

 

Blacks

12.1%

2.28

Arabs

13.3%

1.77

Asians

5.4%

1.02

  1. Source: Author’s calculation. Note: Measures of ethnic and racial minorities are scarce and usually made by NGOs and independent policy institutes. Therefore, these numbers cannot be compared across countries because measures and time of survey are different. None the less, the ratio between minorities and majorities in each country makes minority/majority gaps tangible
  2. aSource: UK Labour Force Survey 2005 Q1 to 2006 Q4 and INSEE, Enquête Etude de l’Histoire Familiale 1999 as reported by Kahanec et al. (2010)
  3. bSource: Rockwool Foundation Survey, 2004 as reported by Nielsen (2004)
  4. cSource: IAU (2009a), IAU (2009b), IAU (2010)
  5. dSource: CBS (2009)
  6. eSource: Nascimento and Nasdmento (2001)
  7. fSource: Milan and Tran (2004)
  8. gSource: ESS (2015)
  9. hSource: BLS (2014)
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