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| The article by Richard Adams on the Institute for Fiscal Studies report relating to graduate pay was headlined “Degrees raise women’s pay – to level of non-graduate male peers” (27 November). What the IFS report also said was that men with degrees earn less than men in the same age group without degrees, and that having a degree boosts male incomes by only 6% whereas it raises female incomes by 50%. | The article by Richard Adams on the Institute for Fiscal Studies report relating to graduate pay was headlined “Degrees raise women’s pay – to level of non-graduate male peers” (27 November). What the IFS report also said was that men with degrees earn less than men in the same age group without degrees, and that having a degree boosts male incomes by only 6% whereas it raises female incomes by 50%. |
| Small wonder then that Jack Britton, one of the authors of the report, came to the conclusion that “for women, going to university is a very good investment; for men it is less clear – there is a large class of men doing courses that have a zero or negative monetary value so it is a question for them if they are worth doing”. | Small wonder then that Jack Britton, one of the authors of the report, came to the conclusion that “for women, going to university is a very good investment; for men it is less clear – there is a large class of men doing courses that have a zero or negative monetary value so it is a question for them if they are worth doing”. |
| Neither the headline nor the content of the article gave an accurate assessment of the report, which tried to deal with an important issue in education.Paul HewitsonBerlin, Germany | Neither the headline nor the content of the article gave an accurate assessment of the report, which tried to deal with an important issue in education.Paul HewitsonBerlin, Germany |
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