Ethnic discrimination in the Greek labour market: Occupational access, insurance coverage and wage offers (original) (raw)

Gender Discrimination in the Greek Labour Market

Education Economics, 1992

The results of two recent labour market surveys are used to decompose the gross male/female earnings differential into components that can be said to be due to (1) productivity-enhancing attributes and (2) labour market discrimination. Changes in the ...

Native–immigrant wage differentials and occupational segregation in the Greek labour market

Applied Economics, 2010

This article explores native–immigrant wage differentials in the Greek labour market. Data from the most recent Greek Household Budget Survey (2004–05) were employed, four alternative occupational categories were considered and occupational choice was explicitly modelled. Controlling for occupational selectivity, occupation-specific wage regressions for representative samples of employed native and immigrant workers were estimated and an augmented decomposition technique was utilized to analyse inter and intra occupation wage differentials. The obtained results demonstrate that roughly 48% of the average wage differential cannot be explained by differences in observed characteristics and that the larger component of this unexplained part is due to asymmetrical occupational access by native and immigrant workers.

The situation of disadvantaged groups on the labour market in Greece: gap analysis

Global Business and Economics Review, 2019

The persistent problem of unemployment in Greece should be recognised as one of the most significant socioeconomic problems of the country. The aim of this paper is to analyse the situation of the disadvantaged groups on the labour market in Greece. We investigate patterns across the following groups: women, young people, long-term unemployed, immigrants and low skilled using cross-dimensional analysis with the following main variables: gender, age, level of education and immigration status. Our analysis relies on the European Labour Force Survey reported by Eurostat using data for the last ten years. Comparing the results with the main targets set by European Union in the field of employment, we concluded that Greece not only did not meet these objectives, but the gaps in employment and unemployment levels were explored during the economic crisis.

Gender employment discrimination: Greece and the United Kingdom

International Journal of …, 2009

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the labour market status of females in Greece and the UK respectively and also attempts to explore what accounts for the differences in the employment status between males and females. In particular, the study seeks to assess whether these differences can be explained by employees' endowments or by discrimination in the labour market. Design/methodology/approach – Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are used to examine the impact of observable characteristics on female labour market participation, unemployment, and self-employment through the use of logit models. An extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition technique is used to estimate the gender employment discrimination gap. Findings – Clear evidence of gender differences was found in both countries, although differences are substantially larger in the case of Greece. Evidence of female employment discrimination was also found in both labour markets. Originality/value – The paper explores the factors affecting the labour market situation of females and, for the first time, assesses the level of gender employment discrimination in Greece and the UK analysing the differences between the unemployment rates of males and females.