Labour market outcomes: impact of ethnicity, SES and SEN
Analysis investigating the socioeconomic, demographic and education factors associated with labour market disparities of those with different backgrounds.
Applies to England
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This research uses longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) data to carry out analysis of 4.5 million individuals doing their GCSEs between 2002 and 2009.
The analysis uses regression and decomposition methods to understand the relative importance of socioeconomic, demographic and education factors in explaining why differences in earnings, employment and out-of-work benefits claims emerge amongst those grouped by:
- ethnicity
- socioeconomic status (SES)
- special educational needs (SEN) status
Two outcomes are reported on, a measure combining earnings and employment (good outcome) and novel analysis using a measure of out-of-work benefits (poor outcome), both measured when individuals are in their mid to late 20s.