Education-to-Work Transitions during the Covid-19 Lockdowns in Britain, 2020-2021
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22010382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ken Roberts (0000-0001-7492-9953, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 564-584 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Applied Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2165-4328 • E-ISSN: 2165-4336 |
| Publisher | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4236/aasoci.2021.1111049 |
| OpenAlex | W3215755261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper uses official data, and the research conducted by policy think tanks and independent research organizations, to chart the experiences of Britain’s COVID cohort who either spent the final year of their full-time education and/or their first year in the labour market wholly or partly under the pandemic lockdowns which began in March 2020 and continued, with interruptions, until July 2021. The data show that government’s “no detriment” policies protected students from facing crucial examinations, and employees already in jobs were protected through furloughing. New entrants to the labour market were relatively unprotected. Yet despite the economic turbulence induced by the pandemic, lockdowns, followed by a “hard” Brexit at the end of 2020, rises in youth unemployment were confined to students seeking part-time jobs, and among them to particularly vulnerable groups, namely the least qualified and non-white ethnic minorities. However, it is argued that this success was at the cost of exacerbating ongoing trends with generally unwelcome consequences, specifically an increase in the number of higher education graduates entering jobs for which they are over-qualified, and an enlarged tail-end of low achievers who are at risk of becoming trapped in low-paid precarious work
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Higher education · Labour economics · Pandemic · Political science · Sociology · Unemployment · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Medicine · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |