abstract: 'Ethnic and religious differentials in labour market outcomes within many

  countries have been remarkably persistent. Yet one very well-known

  differential-the Catholic/Protestant unemployment differential in

  Northern Ireland-has largely (although not completely) disappeared. This

  paper charts its decline since the early 1980s and examines potential

  explanations using Census data from 1991, 2001 and 2011 together with

  annual survey data. These data span the ending of The Troubles, the

  signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the introduction of fair

  employment legislation, growth in hidden unemployment and major

  structural changes in Northern Ireland. We assess the potential impact

  of these changes.'
affiliation: 'Rowland, N (Corresponding Author), Queens Univ Belfast, Management Sch,
  Belfast, Antrim, North Ireland.

  Rowland, Neil; McVicar, Duncan, Queens Univ Belfast, Management Sch, Belfast, Antrim,
  North Ireland.

  Shuttleworth, Ian, Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Nat \& Built Environm, Belfast, Antrim,
  North Ireland.'
article-number: e2525
author: Rowland, Neil and McVicar, Duncan and Shuttleworth, Ian
author-email: n.rowland@qub.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Rowland
  given: Neil
- family: McVicar
  given: Duncan
- family: Shuttleworth
  given: Ian
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/psp.2525
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2021
eissn: 1544-8452
files: []
issn: 1544-8444
journal: POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE
keywords: 'labour market inequality; Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition; religion;

  unemployment'
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET; WAGE GAP; RELIGION; DISCRIMINATION; PARTICIPATION;

  DECOMPOSITION'
language: English
month: MAY
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '55'
orcid-numbers: 'Shuttleworth, Ian/0000-0003-0279-9103

  Rowland, Neil/0000-0001-9755-1682'
papis_id: 903c810fb9250c1a9a9a0af2fb40a859
ref: Rowland2022evolutioncatholicpro
times-cited: '2'
title: The evolution of Catholic/Protestant unemployment inequality in Northern Ireland,
  1983-2016
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000719144100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Demography; Geography
year: '2022'