Who Gets the Top Jobs? The Role of Family Background and Networks in Recent Graduates' Access to High-status Professions
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| ID | 2115653 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Lindsey Macmillan (0000-0003-1262-303X), Claire Tyler, Anna Vignoles (0000-0002-9268-212X, University of Cambridge) |
| Ano | 2015 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 487-515 |
| Data de publicação | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279414000634 |
| OpenAlex | W1896940616 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 58 |
| Referências citadas | 31 |
There is currently debate in policy circles about access to 'the upper echelons of power' (Sir John Major, ex Prime Minister, 2013). This research explores the relationship between family background and early access to top occupations. We find that privately educated graduates are a third more likely to enter into high-status occupations than state educated graduates from similarly affluent families and neighbourhoods, largely due to differences in educational attainment and university selection. We find that although the use of networks cannot account for the private school advantage, they provide an additional advantage and this varies by the type of top occupation that the graduate enters
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Higher education · Political science · Power (physics) · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · State (computer science) · Status attainment · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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