Causes of Inequality essay

Question 1

Introduction

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There are many causes of inequality that then leads to a lesser life for some and higher rates of poverty.

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One such cause is educational attainment.

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Education is essential as it expands knowledge and the higher levels of education you get the more opportunities you will have in life. But for people who live in poverty they will possibly not have the resources or money to be able to achieve well in education, affecting their educational attainment. For these people with less prospects and achievements in education they will most likely leave school with lesser levels of qualifications, making it less likely that they will go to university or even college.

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For example, in 2019 the pass rate for Highers in the most deprived areas was 65% whereas in the least deprived areas it was just under 85%.

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This means that there is a 20% educational attainment gap between the least and most deprived. This will then most likely have effects on who goes into further levels of education and then into employment, creating a disproportionate number of people in universities that come from well off backgrounds.

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This can then affect the rates of people from more deprived backgrounds in higher paid jobs.

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If people are less likely to get a higher education, they are much less likely to go into higher paid jobs, as these jobs are unlikely to employ someone without a university degree over someone with one. This means that there much more people from less deprived backgrounds, meaning they are over represented in higher paid jobs, which then means they will earn more on average than people from more deprived areas.

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For example, graduates (people with a degree) typically earn around £12’000 more tan non graduates.

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This means that people who go to university on average earn much more than those who don’t. If people from more deprived backgrounds are less likely to go to university, then they will earn, on average less, than those who do go to university, typically from well off backgrounds.

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People from more deprived backgrounds are less likely to well in school that those from well off backgrounds and subsequently go to university and then better paid jobs, creating inequalities and wealth inequalities between people from lower paid backgrounds and people from less deprived backgrounds.

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Another cause of inequality is unemployment.

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When people have no or little income source (benefits can be a source) they will, of course, have less income and money coming in than those with a job. This gap can be increased with higher paid jobs and so creates a massive difference in income between the highest and lowest earners.

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For example, job seekers allowance, which is given to unemployed people, is £90.50 a week. Compared to the average weekly earnings which is £690 a week we can see a clear gap.

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Analysis 1 for Paragraph 2

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This shows the very clear inequalities between people who are unemployed and the average earner. As well as this if you take into the average weekly earnings of the highest earners, which is £3’500, the gap becomes even wider.

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People of colour are more likely to be unemployed in the UK.

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People of colour in the UK are more likely to face unemployment and subsequently the inequalities that come with it. This means that people of colour are more likely to earn less as a greater proportion of them over white people are unemployed. This is called the glass door, which suggests that people of colour will not even be considered by companies for employment. They can only look through the, so called, glass door.

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For example, 6% of people of colour in the UK are unemployed, compared to 3% of all white people.

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This shows that people of colour are more likely to be unemployed, which then means that there are job and wealth inequalities faced by people of colour. Increasing the overall inequalities faced.

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Unemployment creates inequalities as people who are unemployed earn less money overall. This also means that people of colour on average earn less as they are more likely to be unemployed.