Ethno-religious categories and measuring occupational attainment in relation to education in England and wales: A multilevel analysis

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 578-591

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Sirkeci, Ibrahim ^b   Khattab, Nabil ^a   Modood, Tariq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b REGENT'S UNIVERSITY LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION; RELIGION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949685095     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42180     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. Ainley J, Malley J, Lamb S, 1997,"Thematic review of the transition from initial education to working life: background report", Australian Council for Educational Research, Canberra
2. Alpin C, Shackleton J R, Walsh S, 1998, "Over-and undereducation in the UK graduate labour market" Studies in Higher Education 23 17-34
3. Anderson M J, Fienberg S E, 1999 Who Counts? The Politics of Census-taking in Contemporary America (Russell Sage Foundation, New York)
4. Andrews M J, Bradley S, Stott D, 2001, "The school-to-work transition, skill preferences and matching", WP 2001/001, Lancaster University Management School
5. Appadurai A, 1993, "Number in the colonial imagination", in Orientalism and Postcolonial Predicament Eds C A Breckenridge, P van der Veer (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA) pp 314-339
6. Aspinall P, 2000a "The challenges of measuring the new ethno-cultural diversity in Britain in the new millennium" Policy and Politics 28 109-118
7. Aspinall P, 2000b "Should a question on 'religion' be asked in the 2001 British census? A public policy case in favour" Social Policy and Administration 34 584-600
8. Aspinall P, 2007,"Approaches to developing an improved cross-national understanding of concepts and terms relating to ethnicity and race" International Sociology 22 41-70
9. Ballard R, 1996, "Negotiating race and ethnicity: exploring the implications of the 1991 census" Patterns of Prejudice 30 3-33
10. Ballard R, 1998, "Asking ethnic questions: some hows, whys and wherefores" Patterns of Prejudice 3215-37
11. Berthoud R, 1998, "Defining ethnic groups: origin or ethnicity?" Patterns of Prejudice 32 53-63
12. Berthoud R, 2000, "Ethnic employment penalties in Britain" Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 26 389-416
13. Borjas G J, 1992,"Ethnic capital and inter-generational mobility" Quarterly Journal of Economics 107123-150
14. Borjas G J, 1995, "Ethnicity, neighborhoods and human-capital externalities" American Economic Review 85 365-390
15. Brown M, 2000, "Religion and economic activity in the South Asian population" Ethnic and Racial Studies 23 1035-1061
16. Bryk A S, Raudenbush S W, 1992 Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods (Sage, Newbury Park, CA)
17. Carmichael F, Woods R, 2000, "Ethnic penalties in unemployment and occupational attainment: evidence for Britain" International Review of Applied Economics 14 71-98
18. CCSR, 2005, "2001 Individual CAMS Codebook", The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Manchester University
19. Cheung S Y, Heath A, 2007, "Nice work if you can get it", in Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets Eds A Heath, S Y Cheung (Oxford University Press for the British Academy, Oxford) pp 507-550
20. Dench G, Gavron K, Young M, 2006 The New East End: Kinship, Race and Conflict (Profile Books, London)
21. Dixie J, 1998, "The ethnic and religious questions for 2001: research and responses" Patterns of Prejudice 32 5-14
22. Ellis M, 2009, "Vital statistics" The Professional Geographer 61 301-309
23. Gang I, Zimmerman C, 2000, "Is child like parent? Educational attainment and ethnic origin" Journal of Human Resources 35 550-569
24. Gilborn D, Mirza H, 2000 Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class and Gender Ofsted, London
25. Green F, McIntosh S, Vignoles A, 1999, "Overeducation and skillsöclarifying the concepts", DP 435, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
26. Groot W, Maasen van den Brink H, 1997,"Allocation and the returns to over-education in the UK" Education Economics 5 169-183
27. Halaby C N, 1994, "Overeducation and skill mismatch" Sociology of Education 67 47-59
28. Halpern A S, 1985, "Transition: a look at the foundation" Exceptional Children 51 479- 486
29. Heath A, McMahon D, 1997, "Educational and occupational attainments: the impact of ethnic origins", in Education Eds A H Halsey, H Lauder, P Brown, A S Wells (Oxford University Press, Oxford) pp 646-662
30. Heath A, McMahon D, 1999, "Ethnic differences in the labour market: the role of education and social class origins", WP 31, Centre for Research in Economic and Social Trends, Oxford
31. Heath A, McMahon D, 2005, "Social mobility of ethnic minorities", in Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy Eds G C Loury, T Modood, S M Teles (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) pp 393-413
32. Heath A, Yu S, 2005, "Explaining ethnic minority disadvantage", in Understanding Social Change Eds A Heath, J Ermisch, D Gallie (Oxford University Press for the British Academy, Oxford), pp 187-224
33. Heath A, McMahon D, Roberts J, 2000, "Ethnic differences in the labour market: a comparison of the samples of anonymized records and Labour Force Survey" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 163 341-361
34. Hoffmann E, Scott M, 1993 The Revised International Standard Classification of Occupation International Labour Office, Geneva, available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/papers/short.pdf
35. Howard K, 2006, "Constructing the Irish of Britain: ethnic recognition and the 2001 census" Ethnic and Racial Studies 29 104-123
36. Hox J, 2002 Multilevel Analysis: Techniques and Applications (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London)
37. Iganski P, Payne G, 1996, "Declining racial disadvantage in the British labour market" Ethnic and Racial Studies 19 113-133
38. Johnston R J, Poulsen M F, Forrest J, 2004,"The comparative study of ethnic residential segregation in the USA, 1980-2000" Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 95 550-569
39. Johnston R J, Wilson D, Burgess S M, 2007, "Ethnic segregation and educational performance at secondary school in Bradford and Leicester" Environment and Planning A 39 609-629
40. Kertzer D I, Arel D 2002,"Censuses, identity formation, and the struggle for political power", in Censuses and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses Eds D I Kertzer, D Arel (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) pp 1-42
41. Khattab N, Sirkeci I, Modood T, Johnston R, 2006, "A multilevel analysis of returns to education in labour market among ethno-religious minorities in England and Wales", paper presented at the European Population Conference 2006 (EPC 2006), Population Challenges in Ageing Societies, organised by the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) and the Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, 21-24 June; copy available from authors
42. Lindley J, 2002,"Race or religion? The impact of religion on the employment and earnings of Britain's ethnic communities" Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 28 427-442
43. Lindley J, 2007, "The over-education of UK immigrants and minority ethnic groups: evidence from the Labour Force Survey", SERP No. 2007013, Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield
44. Modood T, 2004, "Capitals, ethnic identity and educational qualifications" Cultural Trends 13 87-105
45. Modood T, 2005 Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain (Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh)
46. Munz R, 2004, "Migration, labour markets and migrants' integration in Europe: a comparison", paper given at EU-US Seminar on Integrating Immigrants into the Workforce, 26-29 June, OECD, Washington, DC
47. Nielsen H S, Rosholm M, Smith N, Husted L, 2003,"The school-to-work transition of second generation migrants in Denmark" Journal of Population Economics 16 755-786
48. Nobles M, 2002, "Racial categorization and censuses", in Censuses and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses Eds D I Kertzer, D Arel (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) pp 43-70
49. ODPM, 2006 Review of the Evidence Base on Faith Communities Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London, available at http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/143816.pdf
50. Owen D, 2003, "The demographic characteristics of people from minority ethnic groups in Britain", in Explaining Ethnic Differences Ed. D Mason (Policy Press, Bristol) pp 21-51
51. Peach C, 2005,"Social integration and social mobility: spatial segregation and intermarriage of the Caribbean population in Britain", in Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy Eds G C Loury, T Modood, S M Teles (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) pp 178-203
52. Peach C, 2006a "Islam, ethnicity and South Asian religions in the London 2001census" Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series 31 353-370
53. Peach C, 2006b "Muslims in the 2001 Census of England and Wales: gender and economic disadvantage" Ethnic and Racial Studies 29 629-655
54. Phalet K, Andriessen I, 2003, "Acculturation and educational attainment: towards a contextual approach of minority school achievement", in Integrating Immigrants in The Netherlands Eds L Hagendoorn, J Veenman, W Vollebergh (Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants) pp 145-172
55. Platt L, 2005, "The intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups" Sociology 39 445-461
56. Race Relations Act, 1976 Public General ActsöElizabeth II chapter 74 (HMSO, London)
57. Race Relations (Amendment) Act, 2000 Public General ActsöElizabeth II chapter 34 (The Stationery Office, London)
58. Rasbash J, Steel F, Browne W, 2003,"A user's guide to MLwiN version 2.0", Institute of Education, University of London, London
59. Richardson R, Wood A G, 1999 Inclusive Schools, Inclusive Society: Race and Identity on the Agenda (Trentham Books, Stoke on Trent)
60. Riphahn R T, 2002, "Residential location and youth unemployment: the economic geography of school-to-work transition" Journal of Population Economics 15 115-135
61. Robbin A, 1999, "The problematic status of U.S. statistics on race and ethnicity: an 'imperfect representation of reality"' Journal of Government Information 26 467-483
62. Robbin A, 2000a, "Classifying racial and ethnic group data in the United States: the politics of negotiation and accommodation" Journal of Government Information 27 129-156
63. Robbin A, 2000b, "The politics of representation in the US national statistical system: origins of minority population interest group participation" Journal of Government Information 27 431-453
64. Robbin A, 2001,"Book review of Skerry 2000" Journal of Government Information 28 341-344
65. Shavit Y, Muller W, Tame C (Eds), 1998 From School to Work (Oxford University Press, Oxford)
66. Sillitoe K, White H P, 1992,"Ethnic group and the British Census: the search for a question" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 155 141-163
67. Skerry P, 2000 Counting on the Census? Race, Group Identity, and the Evasion of Politics (Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC)
68. Sloane P J, Battu H, Seaman P T, 1999, "Overeducation, undereducation and the British labour market" Applied Economics 31 1437-1453
69. UNESCO, 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 1997 (UNESCO, Paris), http://www.unesco.org/education/information/nfsunesco/doc/isced1997.htm
70. van Velden R K, van Smoorenburg M S M, 1997, "The measurement of overeducation and undereducation: self-report vs. job analyst method", paper presented at the Ninth Annual EALE Conference, Aarhus, 25-28 September, http://arno.unimass.nl/shaw.cgi?fid=735
71. Walter B, 1998,"Challenging the Black/White binary: the need for an Irish category in the 2001 Census" Patterns of Prejudice 32 73-86
72. Wilson D, Burgess S M, Briggs A 2005, "The dynamics of school attainment of England's ethnic minorities", WP 05/130, Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, Bristol
73. Wrench J, Solomos J, 1993 Racism and Migration in Western Europe (Berg, Oxford)