The Ethnic Penalty

The Ethnic Penalty explores the degree to which ethnicity affects the educational and occupational opportunities of ethnic minorities in China and Canada. Drawing upon extensive interview material gathered in each jurisdiction, statistical data and detailed ethnographic work, it examines the discrepancies that exist within both nations between the educational achievements of ethnic minority groups and their comparative under-representation in high-wage, education-intensive occupations.In addition to the overt discrimination that is often cited in explanation of the penalties suffered by ethnic minorities in these spheres, this volume explores, as equally important considerations, factors such as an individual's social network, a firm's working culture, and the existence of social trust within a community as equally important considerations.An accessible, comparative analysis of contemporary ethnic minority development and the management of urban ethnic differences in Canada and China, The Ethnic Penalty will be of interest to students, scholars and policy makers with interests in race and ethnicity, discrimination, the sociology of work and organisations, and educational and labour market outcomes.