Gender and Education Stop People from Attaining Better Living Standards
September 23, 2011 TheFreshOutlook  |
Gender and education have been confirmed as some of the key obstacles for people attempting to climb the earnings ladder.
Gender and lack of higher education prevent people from moving up the earnings ladder and generally improve their lives, according to a new report by Lee Savage from Resolution Foundation, an independent research and policy organisation.
According to the Snakes and Ladders study, men were found 40% more likely to climb the ladder than women in the 20s.
“A high figure,” said Mr Savage.
“But lower than the 51% likelihood of upwards mobility enjoyed by men in the 1990s,” he added.
Moreover, the opportunity of reaching better living standards, both financially and socially through work, has been found to be largely restricted to a small number of people because of different factors such as gender, education and region.
“Gender, education, occupation, working part-time, experience of unemployment and region, independently all play highly significant roles in determining individuals’ prospects of upwards and downwards mobility,” Mr Savage said.
“These factors are not just important in shaping the first phase of an individual’s working life. They continue to be important as people move on in their careers towards their period of peak earnings,” Mr Savage added.
Moreover, people living in London were more likely to rise up the earnings ladders than people living in other British cities in this decade, according to the study.
By Rosaria Sgueglia
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