Minority ethnic men in the British Labour market (1972-2005) by Heath, A, Li, Y

Ethnic differences in the labour market: a comparison of the samples of anonymized records and Labour Force Survey by Heath, A, McMahon, D, Roberts, J

Racial discrimination in Britain, 1969 -2017:A meta-analysis of field experiments on racial discrimination in the British labour market by Heath, A, Di Stasio, V

“…Britain has a long and distinguished history of field experiments of racial discrimination in the labour market, with pioneering studies dating back to 1967 and 1969. …”

Recruitment and promotion: the role of social ties in publishing by Lau, P, Lau, Pui Yan Flora

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Ethnic penalties and hiring discrimination: comparing results from observational studies with field experiments in the UK by Zwysen, W, Di Stasio, V, Heath, A

“…Ethnic minorities fare less well on average in the labour market than their white British counterparts. …”

Ties that bind? Networks and Gender in International Migration by Toma, S

“…Thus, bonding social capital in the form of migrant networks appears to reproduce the ethnic niches developed at destination and the gender-segmented nature of the labour market.</p> …”

Meritocracy revisited : a disaggregated approach to the study of educational and occupational attainment in Britain by Cheung, SY

“…In other words, this study is about whether meritocracy operates to different extents between different sectors of the labour market.</p> <p>The conventional definition of meritocracy is adopted in this thesis where achieved characteristics (measured by formal qualifications obtained) form the principle criteria for allocating individuals to different social positions. …”

Challenges to meritocracy? A study of the social mechanisms in student selection and attainment at the University of Oxford by Zimdars, A

“…The findings presented here have implications for other fields of sociological inquiry that need to account for the role of individual decision makers such as labour market research. The work presented here has implications for policy making regarding selection processes within the University of Oxford and British higher education more generally. …”