Del Bono, E. and 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. ISSN 0030-7653
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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Oxford University Press 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2025 11:33 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2025 11:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oep/gpab053 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222920 |