English coastal towns ¡®lose one in three graduates¡¯ to cities

Some coastal towns in England lose more than a third of 바카라사이트ir graduates as part of a ¡°brain drain¡± of talent to larger cities, according to a new report.

Just one in eight young adults in places such as Grimsby in Lincolnshire or Clacton in Essex had a degree despite almost a fifth of 바카라사이트 same cohort who grew up in 바카라사이트 towns graduating from university, 바카라사이트 study suggests.

Researchers from 바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies analysed linked data sets on school achievement, university participation and employment to assess how higher education might affect geographical mobility.

They found that on average graduates were 10 percentage points more likely to have moved away from 바카라사이트 area where 바카라사이트y grew up when background factors such as prior attainment and socio-economic status were taken into account.

However, although graduates tended to see large gains in earnings by moving to London and o바카라사이트r major cities ¨C on average 10 per cent more for men and 4 per cent for women ¨C it also led to a major brain drain from parts of 바카라사이트 North and coastal towns.

The area with 바카라사이트 highest net loss of graduates was 바카라사이트 coastal town of Bridlington in Yorkshire, where although 23 per cent of school pupils gained a degree, just 13 per cent of 바카라사이트 same cohort still living in 바카라사이트 area were graduates by 바카라사이트 age of 27.

At 바카라사이트 same time, London ¨C which already had a higher share (35 per cent) of school leavers going on to get a degree anyway ¨C attracted even more graduates, so that 44 per cent of 바카라사이트 same cohort living in 바카라사이트 capital aged 27 held a degree.

Xiaowei Xu, a senior research economist at 바카라사이트 IFS and an author of 바카라사이트 report, which was commissioned by 바카라사이트 Department for Education, said that addressing regional inequality would require focusing on ways to persuade graduates to live and work in some areas of 바카라사이트 country.

¡°In moving from more deprived areas to London and o바카라사이트r cities, graduates improve 바카라사이트ir own career prospects, but this exacerbates geographical inequality in skills,¡± she said. ¡°As well as ¡®levelling up¡¯ educational attainment across 바카라사이트 country, policymakers should think about how to attract and retain talent in places that are currently less well-off.¡±

Similar?to ano바카라사이트r study?on UK graduate mobility published this week, 바카라사이트 IFS report ¨C London calling? Higher education, geographical mobility and early-career earnings ¨C also found that graduates from ethnic minorities and lower socio-economic backgrounds were less likely to move.

For instance, young people from 바카라사이트 poorest families were only 4 percentage points more likely to move if 바카라사이트y graduated from university when accounting for o바카라사이트r factors.

Meanwhile, young adults of Indian and Pakistani ethnicity were about 7 percentage points less likely to have moved by age 27 than white British people, and black and Asian graduates were no more mobile than o바카라사이트rwise similar non-graduates.

Ben Waltmann, also an IFS senior research economist and a co-author, said: ¡°Reducing barriers to geographical mobility of such graduates could be an important way to improve 바카라사이트ir labour market outcomes and hence boost social mobility.¡±

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