Class casts a long shadow: graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds earn 13% less a decade after leaving university; a gap larger than headline gender pay gaps.
Controling for University & course choice this gap drops to around 7%, but when you compare graduates with the same degree, from the same university *and* the same employer, a gap remains. Around 5% lower pay persists; over £2,800 a year.
Think class is a thing of the past?
h/t Nick Harrison/Sutton Trust/LinkedIn
There's a similar situation regarding college students here in the US. Those whose parents went to college are more successful than first-generation students. The difference is mainly because first-gen students are likely to be lower class and forced to work rather than pursue internships or extracurriculars, and that they often have a harder time fitting into college culture or making use of available resources due to the cultural differences between lower and middle classes.
Yes, its the implicit & 'soft' forms of discrimination that both linger & are (in the UK) insidious
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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