Who's in the talent pool? Understanding diversity in labour market entrants across England

Catherine Dilnot (), Lindsey Macmillan () and Claire Tyler ()
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Catherine Dilnot: Department of Accounting, Oxford Brookes University
Lindsey Macmillan: UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities
Claire Tyler: UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities

No 25-09, CEPEO Working Paper Series from UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities

Abstract: Research on intergenerational income mobility has shown that the UK has relatively low mobility compared to other countries and that this is, in part, driven by inequalities in access to elite occupations in the labour market by socio-economic background. Many employers are actively trying to reduce these gaps in access by socio-economic background, as well as by ethnicity and gender, forreasons of efficiency as well as equity. But they lack access to detailed information about the relevant pools of talent from which they are hiring to set informed hiring targets. This study provides such information by describing the talent pool of English domiciled university graduates and school leavers in terms of socio-economic background, ethnicity and gender by university type, subject and outcomes and school prior attainment. Importantly, given the diversity in ethnicity by place in England, it also provides details of talent pools by Travel to Work Area. Large differences in demographic make-up by attainment, institution type, subject and place are found.

Keywords: social mobility; inequalities; occupations; applications; job offers; gender; ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 J15 J16 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2025-08, Revised 2025-08
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