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Research: Understanding Ethnicity Pay Gaps in the UK Public Sector

Office Of Manpower Economics

August 1
11:00 2023

Understanding Ethnicity Pay Gaps in the UK Public Sector

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This research, commissioned by the OME, focuses on ethnicity pay gaps in the UK public sector. In terms of the overall UK labour market, the findings confirm that substantial raw ethnic pay gaps (EPGs) exist for several ethnic groups both for males and females across all sectors, with the most substantial deficits being observed for the Pakistani/Bangladeshi and Black ethnic groups. The decomposition analysis provides consistent evidence of unexplained EPGs, that is pay gaps based on comparable characteristics or pay inequality. Further, EPGs tend to be less substantial for native-born ethnicities and to increase as earnings increase. The latter is consistent with a glass ceiling or particular pay inequality among higher earners.

Published 1 August 2023

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