“…Using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition of the Roma vs. non-Roma employment gap (expressed in percentage points) for Western Balkan countries, Robayo-Abril and Millán show that the large employment gap is mostly explained by differences in education. Milcher and Fischer's (2011) findings for Serbia also show that differences in measured characteristics (gender, education, high skills occupation, work experience, or full-time job) and not labour market discrimination against Roma are the dominant reason for the shortfall in the incomes of Roma, although discrimination may also have indirect influence on incomes. On the other hand, O'Higgins (2009) finds that there is a considerable difference in the employment returns to education between Roma and non-Roma in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, and Kosovo*.…”