%0 Report
        %A Bono, Emilia Del
%A Morando, Greta
        %T For Some, Luck Matters More:  The Impact of the Great Recession on the Early Careers of Graduates from Different Socio-Economic Backgrounds
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14540
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14540
        %X This paper uses variation in unemployment caused by the 2008 recession to analyse socio- economic gaps in graduate outcomes. Our data comes from a survey which collects information on several cohorts of students from all English universities and reports their destinations at 6 months after graduation. The results show that when students from less advantaged family backgrounds graduate during a recession they are more likely to become unemployed, to work part-time, and to earn less than students from more advantaged families. There is evidence that professional networks established while at university are important in explaining some of these socio-economic gaps in outcomes.
        %K socio-economic gap
%K graduate employment
%K recession