Open AccessParticipation in paid employment among the Finnish Roma
Author(s) -
Simo Mannila,
Anu E. Castaneda,
Marianne Laalo,
Hannamaria Kuusio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of roma studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2462-425X
DOI - 10.17583/ijrs.2021.6973
Subject(s) - demographic economics , face (sociological concept) , homogeneous , work (physics) , paid work , relevance (law) , political science , sociology , economics , social science , mechanical engineering , physics , law , engineering , thermodynamics
The article describes participation in paid work among Finnish Roma, based on data gathered by face-to-face interviews for the Finnish Roma Participation and Well-being Study (n = 234). We wanted to assess the relevance of some explanatory factors for the low paid work rate of the Roma, found in countries with a significant Roma minority, in the light of new material from Finland where the Roma minority is small and rather homogeneous. No earlier studies on their participation in paid work in Finland exist.The research shows the importance of education to finding paid employment, in compliance with earlier international results. Adherence to Roma culture, too, seems to cause problems to participation in paid employment. We were been able to assess discrimination at recruitment, obviously the key phase for successful or unsuccessful integration of the Roma in the Finnish labour market. Unlike in many countries, in Finland there was no significant difference in the paid employment rate of Roma men and women.