The figures show that, overall, graduates who attended private schools earned 22 per cent more than those who attended disadvantaged or Deis schools eight years after college.
The study also shows how a gender gap in earnings is opening up between men and women within a year of leaving college.While women outperform men in the Leaving Cert and third level, they earn €14 less each week a year after leaving college, rising to €130 after eight years. However, even after adjusting for this and comparing men and women completing the same courses, there is still an earnings gap of about 3 per cent.For example, graduates from institutes of technology earn 14 per cent less than university graduates four years after graduation. But when comparing like-for-like individuals, this difference falls to 4 per cent.It shows postgraduates with qualifications in physics have the highest average earnings four years after graduation.
As was the case with undergraduates, postgraduates from arts & humanities fields of study comprised the five lowest earning subjects
im all for real, true & full equality between the genders. women should be paid the same as men. but sorry & im honest here, many women still only want equality when it suits them. thats what does my head in.
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