Anders, J;
Henderson, M;
Moulton, V;
Sullivan, A;
(2017)
A note on subject choice at age 14 and socio-economic inequality in access to university.
(CLS Working Paper
2017/10).
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education: London, UK.
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Abstract
Over the past twenty years governmental efforts to promote social mobility have included widening access to higher education as a major focus. This is in an attempt to give more individuals the opportunity to benefit from the economic returns to a university degree (Walker and Zhu, 2011). Despite this, there remains a significant level of socioeconomic inequality in access to universities (Anders, 2012a; Boliver, 2013; Chowdry et al., 2013). Much of this inequality is explained by, or emerges through, differences in prior attainment at age 16.
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