Die Hans-Böckler-Stiftung organisierte 1999 zwei Informationsbesuche für Interessierte und Experten nach Großbritannien und Frankreich, um die dortigen Programme zur Bekämpfung der Jugendarbeitslosigkeit kennen zu lernen. Die Ergebnisse der beiden Exkursionen wurden im März 2000 in einem...

Postaccession migration from Poland into the United Kingdom has been perceived by British experts as the most intensive and rapid inflow of foreigners in the whole postwar period of this country. Also from the Polish perspective emigration to the United Kingdom has been a large, if not the...

We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK using the British Household Panel Survey. We find support for the healthy immigrant hypothesis and evidence that immigrants' weights increase with time in the UK. While overweight and obese men enjoy a...

Extant studies commonly claim that mixed ethnic children face difficulties in affiliating with either of the parental ethnic group, which consequently negatively affects their identity development. However, the majority of the existing literature is based on clinical evidence of small highly...

We compare school-to-work transitions of British graduates belonging to ethnic minorities to those of white British. Six months after graduation ethnic minorities are substantially less likely to be employed than white British even after accounting for parental background, local area...