evidence, we find a positive effect of both parents education on their children's schooling achievements when focusing on … natural parents only. Step parents have no or a negative impact on children's education. In most cases, the endogeneity of … Seventies in Britain. This strategy identifies the effect of parental schooling only for parents with a lower taste for …

application data across UK universities over a period of 8 years, we investigate how league tables affect prospective students …

application data across UK universities over a period of 8 years, we investigate how league tables affect prospective students …

deviation in exam grade. Effort in our study increases most for students at and below median ability, resulting in a reduction …

This paper models the probability of 15-year-old children missing school or being late. The paper sets out to uncover … poor attendance. However students who feel positively about their teachers are less likely to have bad attendance …. Similarly where students feel there is a good disciplinary climate in the class they are also less likely to have poor …