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Girls Rock, Boys Roll: An Analysis of the Age 14-16 Gender Gap in English Schools

Burgess, Simon; McConnell, Brendon; Propper, Carol; … - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2003

The aim of this paper is to examine gender related differences in performance at age 16. We investigate a number of possible explanations for the underachievement of boys relative to girls, the so-called ‘gender gap’. We employ a national dataset of the matched exam results of the entire...

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“What Gets Measured Gets Done”: Headteachers’ Responses to the English Secondary School

Wilson, Deborah; Croxson, Bronwyn; Atkinson, Adele - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2004

English secondary schools operate within a performance management system, which includes league tables reporting school performance across a number of indicators. This paper reports the results of an interview-based study, showing that head teachers care about their school’s place in the...

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Accurate performance measure but meaningless ranking exercise? An analysis of the English school league tables.

Wilson, Deborah; Piebalga, Anete - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2008

Parental choice among schools in England is informed by annually published school performance (league) tables. The 2006 league tables included a measure of contextual value added (CVA) for the first time. By explicitly accounting for the characteristics of a school’s intake, CVA should provide...

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Exit, Voice and Quality in the English Education Sector

Wilson, Deborah - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2008

consumers in the context of education. I do this by going back to Hirschman’s (1970) thesis, focussing in particular on the … definitions of quality put forward by him. I apply his analysis to the English education sector and show that, while the current …

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Changes in Educational Inequality

Blanden, Jo; Gregg, Paul; Machin, Stephen - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2003

the UK, but with the stage of the education sequence mattering. In particular the rapid expansion of higher education seen … international comparisons show different patterns of change in the association between education and family income over time in the …

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Explaining Intergenerational Income Persistence: Non-cognitive Skills, Ability and Education

Blanden, Jo; Gregg, Paul; Macmillan, Lindsey - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2006

increased influence of parental income in determining educational attainment, especially higher education, and labour market … attachment. It is also clear that the stronger relationship between parental income and education comes in part through the … growing relationship between parental income and the non-cognitive characteristics that influence education outcomes. …

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Does Wage Regulation Harm Kids? Evidence from English Schools

Propper, Carol; Britton, Jack - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2012

Teacher wages are commonly subject to centralised wage bargaining. This results in flat teacher wages across heterogeneous labour markets and means teacher wages will be relatively lower where local labour market wages are high. The implication is that teacher output will be lower in high...

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Does Wage Regulation Harm Children? Evidence from English Schools

Britton, Jack; Propper, Carol - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2014

Teacher wages are commonly set in a manner that results in flat wages across heterogeneous labor markets. Consequently teacher wages will be relatively worse in areas where local labor market wages are high. The implication is that teacher output will be lower in high outside wage areas. This...

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Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions

Bhalotra, Sonia; Pogge, Thomas - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2012

Interventions that improve childhood health directly improve the quality of life and, in addition, have multiplier effects, producing sustained population and economic gains in poor countries. We suggest how contemporary global institutions shaping the development, pricing and distribution of...

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Does Wage Regulation Harm Children? Evidence from English Schools

Britton, Jack; Propper, Carol - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2014

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