In light of substantial disadvantage faced by ethnic minorities, the UK government stated a decade ago that in 10 years' time, ethnic minorities should no longer face disproportionate barriers to labour market achievement. From the investigation of the stock of native born ethnics conducted...

This paper assesses the impact that trade unions have on the wage rates paid to workers in Great Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. By employing a quantile regression model, this analysis is conducted over the entire range of the earnings distribution, where it is found that unions...