I denne artikel undersøges sammenhængen mellem social oprindelse og indkomst blandt kandidater fra fire attraktive universitetsuddannelser: Jura, erhvervsøkonomi, ingeniørvidenskab og medicin. Resultaterne viser, at sammenhængen mellem social oprindelse og indkomst er stærkest blandt jurister. Mandlige jurister med oprindelse i de øvre økonomiske eller kulturelle klasser tjener 12-17 procent mere om året end mandlige jurister fra arbejderfamilier. Blandt økonomer og ingeniører er forskellen for mænd omtrent det halve, og blandt mandlige læger og kvindelige kandidater fra alle de fire uddannelser er der ingen nævneværdig effekt af social oprindelse. Indkomstforskellene har været forholdsvis stabile i løbet af 1990’erne – dog med en tendens til, at mandlige jurister med oprindelse i akademikerfamilier gør det bedre med tiden.
ENGELSK ABSTRACT:
Trond Beldo Klausen: The Impact of Social Class Origin on Income among University Graduates
This article compares the impact of social class origin in Denmark on income among university graduates in law, business economics, engineering (all masters level) and medicine. While there is no impact of social class origin among male medical graduates, and some among male engineering and business graduates, there is substantial difference among male law graduates. Male law graduates from the upper social and cultural classes earned between 12 and 17% more annually than male graduates of working class origin. The impact of social origin on income among female graduates is generally weaker than among male graduates. There has been a slight change in the direction of greater economic rewards from having an upper cultural class origin, especially among male law students, between the cohorts born in the late 1950s and the late 1960s.
Key words: Social class origin, income, elite education.
