Ethnic minority women face larger wage gaps in the job market.
The article looks at how different ethnic groups in the Netherlands earn different wages after graduating from college. They studied data from students who enrolled in 1996 and followed them until 2005. The researchers found that the wage gap between ethnic groups is bigger for women than for men. Western and Caribbean migrants tend to earn more than Mediterranean migrants. Ethnic minority students often earn more because of their good qualities. Mediterranean women graduates are paid more, while Western women graduates may earn less.