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The impact of undergraduate degrees on early-career earnings

Year: 2018

Type: report

Abstract: This report estimates the impact on earnings of attending HE compared with not going. The authors detail how this varies by subject and institution of study, as well as how these returns vary by gender, prior educational attainment and the sorts of subjects individuals have studied up to age 18. The report makes use of the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset, which links together tax, benefit, higher education and school records to provide a rich description of individuals’ trajectories through the education system and into the labour market.

DOI: 10.1920/re.ifs.2019.0808

Authors: Chris Belfield, Jack Britton, Franz Buscha, Lorraine Dearden, Matt Dickson, Laura van der Erve, Luke Sibieta, Anna Vignoles, Ian Walker, Yu Zhu

Institutions: His Majesty's Treasury, Institute for Fiscal Studies, University of Westminster, University of Cambridge, Lancaster University, University of Dundee

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2902586538

Cites: 23

Cited by: 93

Related to: 10