Dual labour market

[1][citation needed] It divides the economy into two parts, called the "primary" and "secondary" sectors.

In terms of occupations, it consists primarily of low or unskilled jobs, whether they are blue-collar (manual labour), white-collar (e.g. filing clerks), or service industry (e.g. waiters).

This market tends to attract the poor and a disproportionate number of minority group members.

The dual labour market theory generally ignores the micro-level decisions such as an individual’s cost-benefit analysis.

Instead, it focuses on immigration as a “natural consequence of economic globalization and market penetration across national boundaries” (Massey, et al., 1993, p. 432).