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Catholic, private school graduates earn more, says Melbourne researcher
WES HOSKING •
Herald Sun •
January 06, 2014 7:00PM
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news ... 0fit3-1226796028659
A greater focus on non-academic skills is being credited with making private and Catholic school graduates more prepared for working life. Source: Supplied
PRIVATE and Catholic school graduates earn about 12 per cent more than their public counterparts in the peak of their careers, research has revealed.
A greater focus on non-academic skills is being credited with making them more prepared for working life - especially higher-paying managerial jobs.
But a leading public school advocate branded such conclusions unwarranted.
The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research study, which analysed a decade of education and labour market data, found the wage divide opened up when workers had 15 to 25 years' employment experience.
By 20 years, the gap was more than $3 an hour - amounting to $120 extra each week for a typical worker.
Research co-author Dr Nikhil Jha, whose work focused on Catholic schools but found the findings could be translated to the private sector, said higher academic achievement wasn't necessarily responsible.
It was possible the faith focus of Catholic schools put greater emphasis on development of non-cognitive or soft skills - such tenacity, confidence and persistence - which employers looked for when promoting workers into management.
"These kind of skills are associated with better achievement in the labour market as well as schooling,'' Dr Jha said.
"It could be, for instance, you are a more capable person or you are better communicating or working in teams."
Researchers suggested Catholic graduates could also earn more than their public school counterparts because they tended to be from more advantaged backgrounds, had richer networks with higher pay-offs in the labour market and their attendance might signal the presence of personal traits that employers valued such as a strong work ethic.
Trevor Cobbold, the national convener of the public education advocacy group, Save Our Schools, said the pay disparity was of little surprise given government schools took on more students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
But he said there was no evidence public school students were not being taught the personal and social skills they needed to succeed as adults.
"I think government schools try to do that as much as private schools do,'' Mr Cobbold said.
Data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey between 2001 and 2010 was analysed with the sample restricted to employed men aged 25 to 53.
The pay gap narrowed after 25 years' employment.
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