A two-country comparison of the ethnic wage gaps of South Asians in the United States and the United Kingdom

Longhi, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4115-3321 (2025) A two-country comparison of the ethnic wage gaps of South Asians in the United States and the United Kingdom. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. ISSN 1556-2956 doi: 10.1080/15562948.2025.2514163

Abstract/Summary

This article compares the wage differentials of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi workers in the United States and the United Kingdoms. In both countries, Indians have the best outcomes and Bangladeshis have the worst, with Pakistanis in between. Second generation ethnic minorities experience wage gaps in the United Kingdom, but wage parity or advantage in the United States. Among immigrants, adjusted gaps are larger in the United Stated than in the United Kingdom, indicating that characteristics such as education, explain the gaps in the United Kingdom more than in the United States. Immigrants experience wage assimilation but only in the United States.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/123355
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/15562948.2025.2514163
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
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