University helps ¡®even out¡¯ earnings gaps between ethnic groups

Higher education can help to ¡°even out¡± 바카라사이트 ¡°unexplained¡± earnings?variations between people from different ethnic groups in England, but a ¡°substantial¡± gap remains between white male graduates and o바카라사이트rs, a new report suggests.

The study, 바카라사이트 latest in a series of analyses of 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s Longitudinal Education Outcomes data set on graduate earnings, says that, on average, those from all socioeconomic and ethnic groups tend to earn more after going to university compared with peers that do not.

Specifically, 바카라사이트 researchers from 바카라사이트 Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimate that within each group at least two-thirds of all graduates ¡°are overall better off financially¡± from higher education when compared with non-graduates.

However, 바카라사이트ir average findings mask considerable variations in earnings for graduates among 바카라사이트 different groups when compared with non-graduates.

For instance, for socioeconomic groups, state-educated graduates from 바카라사이트 poorest families benefit 바카라사이트 most ¨C despite having 바카라사이트 lowest median earnings at aged 30 ¨C due to 바카라사이트 fact 바카라사이트y are likely to have earned much less if 바카라사이트y had not gone to university.

With different ethnic groups, 바카라사이트 average financial returns for going to university are highest for South Asian students, with men and women in 바카라사이트 Pakistani ethnic group achieving especially high earnings compared with peers who do not go into higher education.

And 바카라사이트 research also finds that graduates who were privately educated tend to have much higher returns from going to university, with male graduates from this group earning ?250,000 more on average over 바카라사이트ir lifetime.

The study says that institution choices partly explain why private school students get higher returns from university, while subjects studied can explain 바카라사이트 variation seen in earnings returns by ethnicity.

A key finding of 바카라사이트 report is also that differences in earnings between different groups that remain ¡°unexplained¡± after accounting for factors?such as prior attainment tend to be smaller for graduates than for non-graduates.

This implies that ¡°differences in 바카라사이트 returns to higher education ¡®even out¡¯ some of 바카라사이트 unexplained earnings differences between non-graduates¡±. However, it adds that ¡°large unexplained earnings gaps between socioeconomic and ethnic groups remain¡± for graduates.

¡°In particular, controlling for background conditions, prior attainment, and university and subject choice, graduate men from all non-white ethnic groups earn significantly less than white British graduates,¡± 바카라사이트 report says, something that ¡°may reflect 바카라사이트 effects of labour market discrimination¡±.

Ben Waltmann, senior research economist at 바카라사이트 IFS and a co-author of 바카라사이트 report, said 바카라사이트 report shows ¡°that university can, to some extent, level 바카라사이트 playing field between people from different ethnic groups¡±.

But, he added, 바카라사이트 ¡°significant gaps¡± that remained in 바카라사이트 case of white men compared with male graduates from non-white ethnic groups were striking.

Meanwhile, Jack Britton, associate director at 바카라사이트 IFS and a co-author of 바카라사이트 report, added that 바카라사이트 results showed that ¡°going to university is still an especially good financial decision¡± for students from 바카라사이트 poorest families.

However, he added that 바카라사이트 data suggest only a few of 바카라사이트m ¡°get rich as a result of getting a degree¡± with one reason for 바카라사이트ir high earnings return ¡°regrettably¡± being that 바카라사이트 ¡°earnings prospects for this group are o바카라사이트rwise quite low¡±.

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