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parents do not have university degrees) fare on the labor market. We find that among graduate women, FiF graduates earn 8 ….3% less on average than graduate women whose parents have a university degree. For men, we find no such difference. A … higher among FiF women compared to women who match their parents with a degree, the negative effects of coming from a lower …
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likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find … individuals who are "first in family" (FiF), those who achieve a university degree, but whose (step) parents did not. We provide … evidence that FiF students are less likely to graduate from elite universities and have a higher probability of dropping out …
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This paper contributes to the literature on the earnings returns to university graduation. Recent evidence using administrative earnings data from England suggests a zero return to graduation for men and positive returns to graduation for women in annual earnings at age 26. We show that once...
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Universities use 'first in family' or 'first generation' as an indicator to increase the diversity of their student intake, but little is known about whether it is a good indicator of disadvantage. We use nationally representative, longitudinal survey data linked to administrative data from...
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women. We also find that parents are more likely to overestimate boys' and underestimate girls' mathematics abilities …
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