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Covid has hit social mobility in the UK, and young people's prospects are shrinking

Andrew Eyles


The economic impact of Covid has hit young people, and especially poorer young people, harder than others. Andrew Eyles assesses the extent of the shock and what it means for social mobility, which was already in decline.


10 January 2022


LSE Covid-19


https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2022/01/10/covid-has-hit-social-mobility-in-the-uk-and-young-peoples-prospects-are-shrinking/

This Blog is published under the centre's Labour programme, Education programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Inequality and social mobility, Labour market inequalities: Causes and cures