Full Citation
Title: Immigrants’ occupational segregation in France: “brown-collar” jobs or a Sub-Saharan African disadvantage?
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2020
ISBN:
ISSN: 14664356
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1686162
NSFID:
PMCID:
PMID:
Abstract: Large-scale labour migration is considered a recent phenomenon in most European countries; however, immigrants have been an integral part of the French labour-force nearly as long as in the United States. Numerous studies document Sub-Saharan African immigrants’ employment and wage disadvantages in France; however, few investigate an important aspect of Sub-Saharan African immigrants’ integration – occupational segregation. Using 2011 French census data, I examine Sub-Saharan African immigrants’ occupational segregation. I find that all immigrants are concentrated, but only Sub-Saharan Africans are concentrated in low-skilled work regardless of citizenship. Department-level regression analyses measuring occupational segregation show that after controlling for socioeconomic characteristics, Sub-Saharan Africans are most segregated. Control variables explain less of Sub-Saharan African women’s segregation than any other group indicating that they experience more discrimination in the labour market than even Sub-Saharan African men. Future research using longitudinal data is needed to determine if these results reflect a persistent disadvantage.
Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2019.1686162
User Submitted?: No
Authors: Tesfai, Rebbeca
Periodical (Full): Ethnic and Racial Studies
Issue: 15
Volume: 43
Pages: 2724-2745
Data Collections: IPUMS International
Topics: Migration and Immigration
Countries: France, United States