Naylor, Robin, Smith, Jeremy and McKnight, Abigail (2002) Sheer class? The extent and sources of variation in the UK graduate earnings premium. CASEpaper, 54. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
In this paper, we use the individual-level USR data for the whole population of 1993 leavers from the ¿old¿ universities of the UK to investigate the determinants of graduate occupational earnings. Among other results, we find that there are significant differences in the occupational earnings of leavers, according to: university attended, subject studied, degree class awarded, and Social Class of family background, ceteris paribus. Our results suggest that there is likely to be significant variation around the average rate of return to a first degree.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith and Abigail McKnight |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | graduate earnings, degree class, subject |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor L Education > L Education (General) |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | 54 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/6393/ |
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