disadvantaged individuals are less likely to be able to invest in education and skill development than those who are welloff which limits their access to skilled jobs this also limits economies capacity to produce grow and innovate as they are unable to give education access and opportunities to segments of their population a persons educational attainment is closely related to their likelihood of being unemployed oecd a and future wages barro and lee increasing the educational performance of everyone and especially the most disadvantaged is beneficial to both economy and society