The Influence of Education and Family Background on Women's Earnings in Midlife: evidence from a British national birth cohort study

Autor:	Jenny Head, Rebecca Hardy, Michael Wadsworth, Diana Kuh
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Earnings Full-time Occupational prestige education Gender studies Academic achievement Educational attainment Education Demographic economics Sociology Salary Socioeconomic status Cohort study
Zdroj:	British Journal of Sociology of Education. 18:385-405
ISSN:	1465-3346 0142-5692
DOI:	10.1080/0142569970180305
Popis:	Studies which have investigated the influence of education on adult earnings are almost exclusively concerned with men and take little account of family influences on either education or later earnings. Those studies which have information on women's earnings focus on gender differentials rather than differences between women in opportunities and outcomes. This paper which examines the influence of education and family background on the midlife earnings of a national cohort of British women born immediately after the Second World War is an attempt to redress this situation. It shows that the few women who were able to take full advantage of the expansion in educational opportunities and achieve high educational qualifications earned significantly more in adult life than less educated females. Family background played an important role, both through its effect on early educational achievement and attitude to school work, which in turn influenced the type of secondary school attended and the achiev...
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