Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245591 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14540
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper uses variation in unemployment caused by the 2008 recession to analyse socio- economic gaps in graduate outcomes. Our data comes from a survey which 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 students from less advantaged family backgrounds graduate during a recession they 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.
Subjects: 
graduate employment
socio-economic gap
recession
JEL: 
E32
I23
I24
I26
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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