The Resolution Foundation has launched a new report investigating the factors which influence an individual's chances of moving up the earnings ladder.

The report, Snakes and Ladders, finds that a person's prospects for earnings mobility are influenced by their gender, whether they work part time, and where they live:

• Women fared significantly worse than men during both decades. Men were up to 50% more likely to move up the earnings scale, and women were also more likely to move down.
• Part-time workers were up to 90% more likely to move down the scale than full-timers, and the part time penalty increased from the 1990s to the 2000s.
• Those living outside London – in particular those in the North East, the North West, the East Midlands and the South West - were less likely to move up and more likely to move down the pay scale than those in London.

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