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Getting a head start: capital inheritance and the labour market entry of Finnish business graduates
Authors: Haltia Nina, Isopahkala-Bouret Ulpukka, Mutanen Heli
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2023
Journal: British Journal of Sociology of Education
Journal name in source: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
Journal acronym: BRIT J SOCIOL EDUC
Volume: 44
Issue: 4
First page : 669
Last page: 686
Number of pages: 18
ISSN: 0142-5692
eISSN: 1465-3346
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2023.2203356
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2023.2203356
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179474397
Previous studies have associated participation in higher education with the formation of middle-class advantages. Studies have shown that graduates from affluent family backgrounds gain more advantages from graduate degrees and secure better job opportunities than their less privileged counterparts. Drawing on the Bourdieusian framework, this study uses qualitative interview data (n = 29) to examine how recent business graduates mobilise economic, cultural and social capital for their entry into the Finnish labour market. The context of the Finnish welfare society brings novel insights to research on the inheritance of different forms of capital. Our findings reveal that although middle-class students do have a head start in entry to the graduate labour market, the Finnish society and higher education system even out social inequalities in graduate employment as working-class students may utilise institutional resources, socialise with peers and accumulate work experience to cross structural and dispositional barriers.
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