This paper analyses participation in postgraduate higher education in the UK at the micro-level makes several …

results show that vocational qualifications at all levels can improve the employment chances of unqualified school leavers … acquired before employment is attained. There are also small effects on occupational mobility, but little impact on wages …

rich province, whereas there is a bias in education spending against older girls in both provinces. These biases in …

cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market … functions and selectivity-corrected earnings fluctuations, and calculates the rates of return to education for the two sexes …, the rates of returns to education rise by education level. The analysis suggests that, as well as overall labour girls …

Participation rates in higher education differ persistently between some groups in society. Using two British datasets … academic abilities are more likely to expect to continue to higher education even after controlling for observable measures of …

compare patterns of segregation across nine ethnic groups, and across Local Education Authorities in England. Looking at both …

significance for public policy for education, cities and social mobility. …