Integration Journey: The Social Mobility Trajectory of Ethnic Minority Groups in Britain
Integration Journey: The Social Mobility Trajectory of Ethnic Minority Groups in Britain
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DOI：
10.17645/si.v6i3.1542
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
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1.5
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Li, Yaojun
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作者：
Li, Yaojun
本文研究了英国主要民族代际群体的社会流动过程。我们比较了第一代和第二代少数民族群体与白人群体之间的起源-教育-目的地（OED）联系，特别关注第二代是否比第一代更接近白人，从而越来越多地融入英国社会的社会经济生活。使用来自英国家庭纵向研究的数据并采用结构方程模型（SEM）方法，我们发现了第一代倒退的有力证据，以及第二代追赶的一些迹象。印度人和中国人正在取得进步，但两个黑人群体和巴基斯坦/孟加拉国人落后了。分析显示，尽管这些人的教育成就很高，但在劳动力市场上仍存在种族劣势。分析还显示，从印度人、中国人、加勒比黑人、巴基斯坦/孟加拉国黑人到非洲黑人，种族等级秩序正在形成。
This article studies the processes of social mobility by the main ethno-generational groups in Britain. We compare the origin-education-destination (OED) links between the first- and second- generation ethnic minority groups with those of whites, with a particular focus on whether the second generation are getting closer to whites than do the first generation in the links, hence becoming increasingly integrated into the socio-economic lives of British society. Using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study and adopting structural equation modelling (SEM) methods, we find strong evidence of first-generation setback, and some signs of second-generation catch-up. Indians and Chinese are making progress, but the two black groups and Pakistanis/Bangladeshis are lagging behind. The analysis shows persisting ethnic disadvantages in the labour market in spite of their high levels of educational achievement, and it also shows an emerging order of ethnic hierarchy, running from Indian, Chinese, black Caribbean, Pakistani/Bangladeshi to black African groups.