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The dynamics of school attainment of England's ethnic minorities
Wilson, Deborah; Burgess, Simon; Briggs, Adam - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
We exploit a universe dataset of state school students in England with linked test score records to document the evolution of attainment through school for different ethnic groups. The analysis yields a number of striking findings. First, we show that, controlling for personal characteristics,...
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The effect of parental wealth on children’s outcomes in early adulthood
Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
parental education and income and in many cases are stronger than them. For labour market outcomes a small share of the … association reflects the indirect effect of parental wealth on children’s education whereas for homeownership the estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746617
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Continuity and change in pathways to young adult disadvantage: results from a British birth cohort
Hobcraft, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
A life-course account of the pathways to adult social exclusion for children born in 1958 is explored. We identify the pervasive childhood factors, associated with a wide range of adult disadvantage, and specific life-course domain antecedents. Childhood disadvantage has more powerful legacies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126299
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2000 families: identifying the research potential of an origins-of-migration study
Güveli, Ayşe; Ganzeboom, Harry; Baykara-Krumme, Helen; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Despite extensive recent advances in the empirical and theoretical study of migration, certain critical areas in the analysis of European migration remain relatively underdeveloped both theoretically and empirically. Specifically, we lack studies that both incorporate an origin comparison and...
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Early, late or never? When does parental education impact child outcomes?
Dickson, Matt; Gregg, Paul; Robinson, Harriet - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We study the intergenerational effects of parents’ education on their children’s educational outcomes. The endogeneity … of parental education is addressed by exploiting the exogenous shift in education levels induced by the 1972 Raising of …. We find that increasing parental education has a positive causal effect on children’s outcomes that is evident at age 4 …
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Racial segregation patterns in selective universities
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Hussey, Andrew; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper examines sorting into interracial friendships at selective universities. We show significant friendship segregation, particularly for blacks. Indeed, black friendships are no more diverse in college than in high school despite the colleges blacks attend having substantially smaller...
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Intergenerational mobility in the United States and Great Britain: a comparative study of parent-child pathways
Blanden, Jo; Haveman, Robert; Smeeding, Timothy M.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
pathways by which parental status is related to offspring status, including education, labor market attachment, occupation … because of the higher returns to education and skills, the pathway through offspring education is relatively more important …
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Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology
Blanden, Jo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
, education or social class. The literatures on education and income mobility reveal a similar ranking with South America, other … second part of the paper looks for explanations for the differences in earnings and education persistence and finds that … mobility is negatively correlated with inequality and the return to education but positively correlated with a nation …
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Employment after motherhood: a European comparison
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
lowest rates of staying on in the labour market after childbearing. Higher education is a key explanatory factor of the …), education and part-time employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744883
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Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods
Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
This paper uses data on a sample of Australian teenagers to test for neighbourhood effects on school dropout rates. The data allows us to test for neighbourhood effects at two different spatial scales. We find that educational composition of the larger neighbourhood can influence the dropout...
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