General Article The UK education system preserves inequality – new report

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The UK education system preserves inequality – new report

Imran Tahir, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Your education has a huge effect on your life chances. As well as being likely to lead to better wages, higher levels of education are linked with better health, wealth and even happiness. It should be a way for children from deprived backgrounds to escape poverty.

However, our new comprehensive study, published as part of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Deaton Review of Inequalities, shows t...

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