The muslim employment gap, human capital, and ethno-religious penalties: evidence from Switzerland
| Autor: | Jörg Stolz, Anaïd Lindemann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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religious minority
Sociology and Political Science Islamophobia Economics Integration soziale Probleme integration Arbeitslosigkeit migration Sociology & anthropology xenophobia Schweiz 050602 political science & public administration Labor Market Research media_common Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie 05 social sciences Wirtschaft Islam Muslim 0506 political science Religion lcsh:Sociology (General) Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste employment ddc:300 ethno-religious penalties ddc:301 050703 geography Switzerland religious penalties unemployment penalty Social Psychology Social Problems media_common.quotation_subject Sociology of religion 0507 social and economic geography lcsh:HM401-1281 Arbeitsmarkt Social issues Human capital Religiosity Humankapital Political science ddc:330 human capital Migration Sociology of Migration Social sciences sociology anthropology Religionssoziologie Arbeitsmarktforschung employment penalties Muslims Strafe Diskriminierung Islamophobie ddc:360 Soziologie Anthropologie Beschäftigung Xenophobia Unemployment Demographic economics Sociology of Religion labor market Social problems and services discrimination |
| Zdroj: | Social Inclusion Complex religion: intersections of religion and inequality Social Inclusion, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 151-161 (2018) Social Inclusion, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 151 |
| Popis: | In Europe, Muslims are more likely to be unemployed than non-Muslims. Many studies try to explain this employment gap by human capital and contextual factors on the one hand, and by ethno-religious penalties (discrimination due to religious affiliation, religiosity, or migration factors) on the other. In these studies, it is normally assumed that human capital mediates the effect of Muslim affiliation, and that controlling for human capital will therefore reduce the odds for Muslims of being unemployed. We replicate the well-known study by Connor and Koenig (2015) along these lines, using the most recent and representative Swiss data from 2014 (N = 16,487). Our key result is that Muslim affiliation does not mediate, but actually moderates, the effect of human capital on unemployment. We find a powerful interaction in that Muslims both with a very low and a very high level of education are disproportionally often unemployed. This is important because it means that raising the human capital of Muslims will not automatically lessen, but may instead actually widen, the employment gap. We discuss possible theoretical mechanisms that might explain this finding. |
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