CPC awarded new research grant to investigate pension protection for minority ethnic groups

As part of the ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative, Dr Athina Vlachantoni has been awarded a research grant to undertake the project 'Pension protection for minority ethnic groups in Britain: determinants, prospects and policy implications'.

The project, also involving CPC Director Jane Falkingham and CPC co-Director Maria Evandrou, is due to start on 1 December 2012. It will use data from the Labour Force Survey and Understanding Society to examine the pension protection of older people from minority ethnic groups, and the prospects of pension protection for those from such groups who are of working age.

Between 10-14% of the UK's population comes from black or minority ethnic groups. Research shows that individuals from these groups face disadvantages in terms of pension protection due to ethnic and gender differences in employment patterns and wages.

At the same time, there are new groups of ethnic minorities in the UK with different employment patterns, for example from Eastern Europe and second-generations from 'traditional' ethnic groups, and these differences will have implications for their pension security in the future.

Posted 10/10/2012 14:06