This journal article examines the impact of social origin on tertiary graduates’ labour market outcomes in Germany and the United Kingdom, two distinct countries in terms of higher education systems, labour market structures, and their linkages. Data from the 2005 REFLEX survey, OLS regression and linear probability models are used to analyse the effect of parental education on graduates’ occupational
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In the UK, research has consistently found that university graduates from more advantaged social classes have a better chance of entering professional or managerial jobs compared to their counterparts from less advantaged social classes. At the same time, another body of research has pointed out that spatial mobility, i.e. moving to a different area, can increase graduates’ chances of attaining
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Research by Cristina Iannelli and Adriana Duta on inequalities in school leavers’ labour market outcomes has been published as part of a working paper series by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at UCL. This paper examines the role of school curriculum in explaining potential gender and social inequalities in employment chances of young people who left education early, either at
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There are a number of areas of focus within this project: 1. Social inequalities in graduates’ occupational destinations This project aimed to assess whether and to what extent social inequalities in early occupational destinations among graduates exist. In a comparative framework, we asked whether the effect of social origin on graduates’ occupational attainment differs between Germany and the UK, two
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