abstract: 'The analysis of inequality between migrant and non-migrant/host

  populations has been regularly undertaken within migration studies.

  However, the consideration of inequalities within migrant populations is

  much less common. A range of factors may contribute to the inequalities

  between migrant groups, including nationality, ethnicity and migration

  status, and within migrant groups, including gender, educational level

  and socio-economic status. These may originate in pre-migration factors

  such as social capital, factors related to the selectivity of the

  migration process itself and/or post-migration conditions such as `fit''

  in the labour market, reception by the host society and degree of access

  to services. Using the New Zealand case study, this chapter develops

  some methods of quantifying some of these inequalities through the use

  of measures related to income, unemployment and wage levels. The use of

  these quantitative approaches is also qualified in relation to data

  availability, data accuracy and the dangers of essentialising

  difference. Furthermore, the use of qualified information based on

  detailed case studies and other sources is also suggested. As proposed

  elsewhere in this book, migration policy itself is the source of

  inequality among migrants, but an understanding of other sources of

  inequality is also important in informing policy on migrant outcomes for

  government and non-government agencies.'
affiliation: 'Friesen, W (Corresponding Author), Univ Auckland, Sch Environm, Auckland,
  New Zealand.

  Friesen, Wardlow, Univ Auckland, Sch Environm, Auckland, New Zealand.'
author: Friesen, Wardlow
author-email: w.friesen@auckland.ac.nz
author_list:
- family: Friesen
  given: Wardlow
booktitle: 'INTERSECTIONS OF INEQUALITY, MIGRATION AND DIVERSIFICATION: THE POLITICS

  OF MOBILITY IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND'
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-19099-6\_2
editor: SimonKumar, R and Collins, FL and Friesen, W
files: []
isbn: 978-3-030-19099-6; 978-3-030-19098-9
keywords: 'Quantitative measures; Spatial clustering; Income inequality;

  Employment; Unemployment; Earnings; Gini; Coefficient; Lorenz Curve'
keywords-plus: AUCKLAND
language: English
number-of-cited-references: '24'
pages: 17-42
papis_id: 42aaeb88fd45aa0853631ca7db3edb15
ref: Friesen2020quantifyingqualifyin
series: Mobility \& Politics
times-cited: '4'
title: Quantifying and Qualifying Inequality Among Migrants
type: Article; Book Chapter
unique-id: WOS:000487242600002
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
web-of-science-categories: Demography; Social Issues
year: '2020'