Muslim employment shortfalls persist even after controlling for time in education.

Evidence

Nationally, 58% of those aged 16 and over are employed compared with 46% of Muslims. Looking at the youngest age cohort, 16 to 24, only 29% of Muslims are in employment compared with nearly 51% of all people within the same age bracket. In part this can be accounted for by a higher proportion of Muslims in full-time education, but this does not explain the divergence in trends. Comparing figures for economic inactivity provides a clearer picture. For all people aged 16 and above 36% reported being economically inactive compared with 45% of Muslims. This figure is more stark for those aged 16 to 24: in this age group 36% of all males are economically inactive compared with 52% of Muslim males, and 39% of all females compared with 60% of Muslim females (see Table 3.5). — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 231

Categorization

• QUESTION: The passage notes education does not explain the discrepancy — worth chasing what mechanisms the author sees (discrimination? geography? family structures?).
• XREF: connects to: Muslim employment gaps persist beyond what full-time education explains — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 226; Higher education rates fail to translate into employment parity for British Muslims — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 258; Human capital and social networks only partially explain Muslim employment gaps. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 276 (+2 more)

Related

• Muslim employment gaps persist beyond what full-time education explains (similarity 0.96)
• Higher education rates fail to translate into employment parity for British Muslims (similarity 0.90)
• Human capital and social networks only partially explain Muslim employment gaps. (similarity 0.88)
• Muslim women’s economic inactivity exceeds both their male peers and all other faith groups (similarity 0.84)
• Muslim labour market disadvantage persists into second generations, signalling discrimination beyond human capital. (similarity 0.83)
• British Muslim women fail to achieve expected returns on education due to employment discrimination (similarity 0.81)
• Second-generation Muslim disadvantage proves discrimination outlives migration effects (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Muslim employment gaps persist beyond what full-time education explains #corroborates (0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 226
• Higher education rates fail to translate into employment parity for British Muslims #corroborates (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 258
• Human capital and social networks only partially explain Muslim employment gaps. #corroborates (0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 276
• Muslim labour market disadvantage persists into second generations, signalling discrimination beyond human capital. #expands (0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 278
• British Muslim women fail to achieve expected returns on education due to employment discrimination #corroborates (0.75) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 281