David Willetts MP launched new findings on social mobility

Date: 6 September 2011

Speakers

Rt Hon David Willetts MP – Minister of State for Universities and Science (Keynote speaker)

Vidhya Alakeson – Research and Strategy Director, Resolution Foundation

Nick Pearce – Director, IPPR

Gavin Kelly – Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation (Chair)

Introduced by Clive Cowdery (Chairman of the Resolution Foundation), the discussion focused on which factors contribute to how peoples’ earnings change during their working lives. Is it about gender, where you live, what education you receive or what kind of job you have? Our most recent work reveals the answers to some of these questions. The work forms part of the ongoing Commission on Living Standards, a wide ranging investigation into trends shaping the lives of people on low-to-middle incomes.

This event was live tweeted using the hashtag #socmob

You can download the press release here.

Read coverage in the Guardian and Financial Times.

Please email felicity.dennistoun@resolutionfoundation.org for more information.

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