Where are inequalities produced? Comparing the variations of graduate employment between the UK’s districts and universities

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwae052

Yang Yu

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Abstract

This study presents the first set of estimates of inequalities in high-status employment between UK districts and universities. Making use of graduate data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, this study compares how graduates’ employment and social mobility vary based on their place of origin and the university attended. Inequality and social mobility are measured by the chance of entering a higher professional occupation 15 months after graduation. The results showed that the occupation inequalities between universities were much larger than those between local authority districts, indicating that our higher education system is evidently (re)producing an even greater amount of inequality than spatial disparities. These findings contribute to the emerging academic and policy narrative regarding the social and geographic inequalities in the UK, addressing the inequalities in graduate employment across universities may be crucial in meeting the demands of the labor market and driving upward mobility throughout the country.

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不平等在哪里产生？比较英国各地区和各大学毕业生就业率的差异

本研究首次对英国地区和大学之间高地位就业的不平等现象进行了估算。本研究利用高等教育统计局提供的毕业生数据，比较了毕业生的就业和社会流动性如何因其原籍地和就读大学而有所不同。不平等和社会流动性是通过毕业 15 个月后进入更高专业职业的机会来衡量的。结果显示，大学之间的职业不平等远远大于地方当局地区之间的职业不平等，这表明我们的高等教育体系显然（再）产生了比空间差异更大的不平等。这些研究结果为新出现的有关英国社会和地域不平等的学术和政策论述做出了贡献，解决大学之间毕业生就业不平等问题对于满足劳动力市场需求和推动全国范围内的向上流动至关重要。

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