In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increases in education acquisition by people from relatively rich family backgrounds. At the same time, wage differentials for … the more educated have risen. Putting these two together (more education for people from richer backgrounds and an …

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether … resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …