Young people from less well-off backgrounds are more likely to pursue lower ranked upper-secondary qualifications than their prior attainment would suggest that they can achieve. Recent research from Konstantina Maragkou (University of Sheffield and CVER) examines whether socio-economic inequalities exist in the academic match of students in upper-secondary education. Academic match occurs when student quality matches the quality of the qualification that they take, i.e. students are taking appropriate qualifications for their capabilities and prior attainment. The study uncovers a signii??cant socio-economic gap in academic match among English students in upper-secondary post-compulsory education. Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds achieve less highly ranked qualii??cations compared to their similarly attaining but more advantaged peers. We show that this is associated with a wage penalty in the labour market.

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27 September 2019

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CVER Blog

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http://cver-blog.blogspot.com/2019/09/is-there-socio-economic-gap-in-students.html

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