The Skills Outlook 2025 highlights that family background remains a strong driver of skills differences across OECD countries. Adults with tertiary-educated parents score higher in literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem-solving than their peers from less advantaged backgrounds, a gap that is especially pronounced among those with the lowest skills levels. The report also shows that skills differences are already large in primary school and although they narrow during the compulsory school years, they remain large in many countries. 

Drawing on data from the report and policy examples, this webinar will showcase what works to break the cycle of inherited disadvantage in skills development and why it matters.