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Ethnic Differences in the Incidence and Determinants of Employer‐funded Training in Britain
Author(s) -
Shields Michael,
Wheatley Price Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9485.00146
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , ethnic group , consistency (knowledge bases) , training (meteorology) , legislation , demographic economics , differential (mechanical device) , labour economics , economics , political science , psychology , demography , sociology , geography , law , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering , meteorology , gene
Non‐white full‐time employees were offered, and undertook, less training than whites in Britain in 1993–4, according to data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. Estimates of the determinants of training outcomes and training offers show a marked consistency across white and non‐white, male and female, employees. Over 90% of the average predicted training outcome differential, and 50%–60% of the difference in mean predicted training offers, cannot be explained by differences in observable characteristics between white and non‐white employees. These findings suggest that equal opportunities legislation has been unsuccessful in eliminating unequal access to employer‐funded training in Britain.