BAME youth at greater risk of being in unstable employment, new research finds.

Islamabad: Young people from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) are at greater risk of being in unstable employment, according to a new research by the UK leading university, University College London (UCL). According to the findings of the UCL Institute of Education (IOE), Carnegie UK Trust, and Operation Black Vote people from BAME communities in the UK are 47 % more likely to be on zero- hours contract and have 10 % greater odds of working a second job compared to their while colleagues.The research draws on information from a nationally representative group of more than 7,700 people living in England who were born in 1989-90 and are being followed by a study called Next Steps. The researchers, led by Dr Morag Henderson (IOE's Centre for Longitudinal Studies), compared the employment status of 25-year-olds from different ethnic backgrounds White, Mixed-race, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, Black African, and other minority ethnicities. They also examined the mental health of people in different types of employment.Although BAME workers on the whole had more trouble finding stable employment than their White counterparts, experiences in the job market varied for different ethnic groups. For instance, Pakistani millennials were more likely to be on a zero-hours contract or be working shifts, and less likely to have a permanent job than their White peers. However, Indian and Black Caribbean workers were no more likely than their White counterparts to be in these types of employment.Black African 25-year-olds had lower odds of being in a permanent role and were more likely to be doing shift work than White workers of the same age. But Mixed-race, Indian and Black Caribbean millennials had similar chances of being in these types of jobs. Only Black Caribbean 25-year-olds were more likely than their White peers to be working a second job. The findings held even when other factors that could affect labour market success were taken into account, including gender, family background and educational attainment. The research also showed that, on the whole, millennials from BAME backgrounds were 58% more likely to be unemployed than their White counterparts. But again, experiences differed for each ethnic group. Although 25-year-olds from Pakistani, Black African, and Mixed-race backgrounds were more likely to be unemployed than their White peers, Indian, Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean adults were no more...