Research Group on Aging and the Life Course (FALL)

Publications: Szydlik 1996

Szydlik, Marc (1996): Ethnische Ungleichheit auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 48, 658-676.

Ethnic Inequalities in the German Labor Market:
The paper mainly adresses two questions: 1) To what extent does the qualification of Turks, Yugoslavs, Italians, Greeks and Spaniards in the Federal Republic of Germany fit the requirements of their jobs? What are the corresponding differences between immigrants and Germans, women and men, and last but not least, between the first and the second generation of foreigners in Germany? 2) What are the consequences of a fit of acquired and required qualifications for earned income differences? The empirical analyses, which are based on data from the German Socio-economic Panel (GSOEP), indicate that ethnic minorities have to deal with a higher inapplicability of their qualification in contrast to Germans. Furthermore, there are considerable differences between ethnic groups, as well as between women and men. The second generation faces a better labor market situation than the first generation. Nevertheless, it is far from equal to the German employees. This applies both to the fit and to the corresponding consequences for earned income inequalities.

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