Does College Level the Playing Field? Socioeconomic Gaps in the Earnings of Similar Graduates: Evidence from South Korea

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Sangwoo; Vignoles, Anna
Titel	Does College Level the Playing Field? Socioeconomic Gaps in the Earnings of Similar Graduates: Evidence from South Korea
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 6, S.1335-1354 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lee, Sangwoo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-021-00745-0
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Status; Wages; Academic Degrees; Higher Education; College Graduates; Gender Differences; Family Characteristics; Background; Predictor Variables; Two Year Colleges; Institutional Characteristics; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Wage; Löhne; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Hintergrundinformation; Prädiktor; Korea; Republik
Abstract	The socioeconomic gap in participation at university is an enduring policy issue in South Korea, as in many other countries. However, less attention has been paid to the socioeconomic gap in the outcomes from tertiary education. This paper addresses this gap in the literature, using the Korean Education and Employment Panel (KEEP) data to investigate the extent to which the wages of Korean graduates who attended similar higher education institutions vary by socioeconomic background. The results show that a degree appears to largely level the playing field, in terms of earnings, between male graduates from poor and rich backgrounds. For females, by contrast, family background is still a strong predictor of earnings, even after allowing for institution attended and discipline of degree. Further, the wage premium for 2-year and 4-year college degrees also varies by family background. Four-year college degrees, contrary to popular belief, do not always attract a higher wage premium than 2-year college degrees, particularly for men from poorer family backgrounds. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11