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Item The Intergenerational Mobility of White Working Class Boys : A Quantitative Analysis(University of Aberdeen: Business School, 2019-04) Battu, Harminder; Aoki, Yu; Valdivieso Massa, Patricio; University of Aberdeen.Economics; University of Aberdeen.Institute of Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Labour Market Research (CeLMR); University of Aberdeen.Business SchoolItem Overskilling and Overeducation In Malaysia(University of Aberdeen: Business School, 2015-12) Battu, Harminder; Zakariya, Zainizam; University of Aberdeen.EconomicsItem Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities(University of Aberdeen Business School, 2004-11) Battu, Harminder; Seaman, Paul; Zenou, YvesThis paper examines the job finding methods of different ethnic groups in the UK. The theoretical framework shows that less assimilated ethnic unemployed workers are more likely to use their friends and family as their main method of search but they have less chance of finding a job using this method compared to whites and more assimilated ethnic unemployed workers that use formal job search methods (adverts, employment agencies etc.). Using data from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), we test these hypotheses. Our empirical findings are consistent with the theory since they suggest that, though networks are a popular method of finding a job for the ethnic minorities, they are not necessarily the most effective either in terms of gaining employment or in terms of the level of job achieved. However, there are important differences across ethnic groups with the Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups and those born outside the UK (the least assimilated), losing out disproportionately from using personal networks.Item Ethnic enclaves and employment in England and Wales(University of Aberdeen Business School, 2004-02) Battu, Harminder; Mwale, MacdonaldThis paper examines the effects of ethnic enclaves on the employment probability of ethnic minorities living in England and Wales. Controlling for the endogeneity of residential location we find that living in a high own ethnic concentration area has no systematic effect across all ethnic groups. However, once we disaggregate we find that for some ethnic groups (Indians) enclaves seem to have a positive and significant impact on their employment probability while for other groups (Caribbeans and African-Asians), enclaves have a negative and significant impact. These results are non-trivial and are in accordance with a set of theoretical views in this literature that argue that ethnic spatial concentration can have positive as well as negative effects. The perceived disadvantages of ethnic enclaves are not omnipresent. What seem to be driving this are the differences in the quality of ethnic enclaves where Indian enclaves by being more dynamic in terms of self-employment create more jobs for others within the enclave.