Emeritus Prof Christopher May16h ago

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?

#class #education

h/t Nick Harrison/Sutton Trust/LinkedIn

Show threadKim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷
@ChrisMayLA6
Background comes with many subtle disadvantages. Maybe your salary expectations are lower, maybe you don’t know about as many options to save, maybe at uni you feel uncomfortable eating in formal hall, so you avoid it, meaning you mix only with others with similarly lower expectations. And so on.
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Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May10h ago

@KimSJ

Hmmm.... maybe, and certainly wouldn't discount that. But I've also seen plenty of prejudice in the university sector based on which university you went to & how you speak (look)