Elite Universities, Fields of Study and Top Salaries: Which Degree Will Make You Rich?

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Alice; Parsons, Samantha; Green, Francis; Wiggins, Richard D.; Ploubidis, George
Titel	Elite Universities, Fields of Study and Top Salaries: Which Degree Will Make You Rich?
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 44 (2018) 4, S.663-680 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1002/berj.3453
Schlagwörter	Competitive Selection; Selective Admission; Gender Differences; Salary Wage Differentials; Institutional Characteristics; Social Status; Academic Degrees; Majors (Students); Socioeconomic Status; Intelligence Tests; Scores; Secondary Schools; Correlation; Control Groups; Adults; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Study; College Graduates; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsselektion; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Status; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Sekundarschule; Korrelation; Ausland; Grundstudium; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article assesses the chances of entering the top 5% of earners for a British cohort currently in their 40s. We assess the difference made by a university degree from an elite (Russell Group) or non-elite university, and from different undergraduate fields of study. Our study uses rich longitudinal data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). This allows us to control for an unusually large range of potential confounding factors, including childhood socio-economic circumstances, cognitive scores, secondary schooling and prior qualifications. We find that large raw differences in the chances of achieving a top salary are strongly attenuated by our controls, but substantial differences between degree subject areas remain. The large gap between men and women in the chance of gaining a top salary is not explained by the type of degree achieved, and we found no evidence of gender differences in the gains from institutional prestige or particular fields of study. (As Provided).
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