The transition from higher education to the labour market is considered an important and uncertain life stage wherein young adults exchange an academic environment for an often-chaotic entry into the labour market. Specifically, for graduates with a lower socioeconomic status (SES), this transition involves several difficulties. Investigating these persisting SES differences in the transition is becoming more relevant given the increasing participation of students from lower SES backgrounds in higher education. This systematic review studies SES differences in the transition by looking through the lens of resource acquisition. The results demonstrate that graduates from lower SES backgrounds have more difficulty finding suitable employment and often experience lower job quality. Moreover, our findings show that the strong interdependence between the importance of different forms of capital and the (implicit) symbolic value attached to these capitals makes it difficult for graduates from lower SES backgrounds to overcome barriers in the transition.

从高等教育到劳动力市场的过渡被认为是一个重要且不确定的人生阶段，在这个阶段，年轻人交换学术环境以换取经常混乱的劳动力市场。具体来说，对于社会经济地位（SES）较低的毕业生来说，这种转变涉及到几个困难。鉴于来自较低 SES 背景的学生越来越多地参与高等教育，调查这些在转型中持续存在的 SES 差异变得越来越重要。本系统综述通过资源获取的视角研究了转型中的 SES 差异。结果表明，SES背景较低的毕业生更难找到合适的工作，而且工作质量往往较低。而且，