Del Bono, E;
Morando, G;
(2022)
For some, luck matters more: the impact of the great recession on the early careers of graduates from different socio-economic backgrounds.
Oxford Economic Papers
, 74
(3)
pp. 869-893.
10.1093/oep/gpab053.
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Abstract
This article uses variation in unemployment caused by the 2008 UK recession to analyse socio-economic gaps in graduate outcomes. Our data come from a survey that collects information on several cohorts of students from all English universities and reports their destinations at 6 months after graduation. The results show that, when graduating in a recession, students from less advantaged family backgrounds are more likely to become unemployed, to work part-time, and to earn less than students from more advantaged families. There is evidence that professional networks established while at university are important in explaining some of these socio-economic gaps in outcomes.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | For some, luck matters more: the impact of the great recession on the early careers of graduates from different socio-economic backgrounds |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oep/gpab053 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpab053 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137787 |
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