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A question of quality: do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?

Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children … Schools Census and the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) dataset on inspections (2010 …-11). The results suggest that children from disadvantaged background have access to better qualified staff. However, services …

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The influence of neighbourhood effects on education decisions in a nationally funded education system : the case of Australia

Overman, Henry G.; Heath, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Empirical papers studying the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on socio-economic variables have predominantly used US data. We argue that the local nature of the US schooling system means that neighbourhood effects on education decisions may act through fiscal or social channels. We use...

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Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods

Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

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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Employment after motherhood: a European comparison

Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

There is theoretical evidence that economic and family policies have an important impact on mother''s employment. The aim of this article is to study empirically the women''s transitions from employment to non-employment after they have their first birth in Belgium, West-Germany, Italy, Spain...

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The long-run labour market consequences of teenage motherhood in Britain

Chevalier, Arnaud; Viitanen, Tarja K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Common wisdom states that teenage childbearing reduces schooling, labour market experience and adult wages. However, the decisions to be a teenage mother, to quit school, and be less attached to the labour market might all stem from some personal or family characteristics. Using the National...

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The impact of school context: what headteachers say

Lupton, Ruth; Thrupp, Martin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper reports the accounts of fifteen headteachers of primary schools in one local authority in the South East of England, including headteachers of schools that are amongst the most advantaged five per cent of schools in England and those amongst the most disadvantaged twenty per cent. The...

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School quality, child wellbeing and parents' satisfaction

Gibbons, Stephen; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

sense suggest that school quality is not one-dimensional and that parents and children are concerned about other school …Researchers in economics of education usually assume that parents choose schools for their high academic performance … standards, and whether these notions are aligned with the wellbeing of the children. To do so, we use direct information on …

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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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Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods

Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

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University differences in the graduation of minorities in STEM fields: evidence from California

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Hotz, V. Joseph - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

The low number of college graduates with science degrees - particularly among underrepresented minorities - is of growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student-level data on the University of California system during a...

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