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Understanding earnings gaps for free school meals recipients in England: 2017 to 2019

Using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset we estimate both raw and conditional free school meals earnings gaps at age 30. Decomposition methods are used to explore how these gaps can be explained by differences in educational attainment, labour market experience and demographic characteristics.

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Understanding earnings gaps for free school meals recipients in England: 2017 to 2019

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Published 4 August 2022