Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets

Edited by Martin Kahanec, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany and CELSI, Bratislava, Slovakia and Klaus F. Zimmermann, Bonn University, Germany

’Kahanec and Zimmermann have produced a remarkably useful and accessible volume that everyone who is curious about, let alone interested in, the labor market situation of ethnic (and immigrant) minorities in the European Union must read. The editors have been imaginative in their use of multiple data systems and methodologies to tell a story that researchers and policy makers alike will find useful, even compelling. The result is a volume full of hard-to-find comparative analysis and policy insight about the labor market incorporation, or rather, the absence of it, of minorities, but also of what works (and what does not) in ethnic minority integration policies and why. The editors have painted on a vast canvas, with evidence that covers most of the Union. Impressively, and innovatively, however, they have also included detailed case studies for fully ten of the Union's member states, including some of the EU's most important and dynamic economies, such as Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Spain.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Ethnic Minorities in the European Union: An OverviewMartin Kahanec, Anzelika Zaiceva and Klaus F. Zimmermann 2. An Expert Stakeholder’s View on European Integration ChallengesAmelie F. Constant, Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann 3. The Practice of Minority Integration in the European Union: What WorksMartin Kahanec 4. Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in DenmarkPeder J. Pedersen 5. Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in France: Has the French Integration Model Broken Down?Denis Fougère 6. Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in GermanyHans Dietrich von Loeffelholz 7. Ethnic or Social Integration? The Roma in HungaryZoltán Kántor 8. Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in LatviaMihails Hazans 9. Ethnic Minorities in the NetherlandsJoop Hartog 10. Minority Inclusion in RomaniaVasile Gheţău 11. Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in SlovakiaMichal Vašečka12. Social and Labor Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities in SpainSara de la Rica 13. The Social and Labor Market Outcomes of Ethnic Minorities in the UKTimothy J. Hatton 14. A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority IntegrationMartin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann Index