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An Anatomy of EconomicInequality in the UK

Hills, John; Brewer, Mike; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Lister, Ruth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

[...]The work of the National Equality Panel will underpin the response by all strategic publicauthorities to Clause One of the Equality Bill which places a new legal duty on key publicbodies to consider, in all the important decisions they make and all important actions theytake, how they can...

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Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young AdultDisadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort

Hobcraft, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

This paper focuses on pathways to adult disadvantage (or social exclusion) up toage 33 for a cohort of children born in …

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Economic Inequality and the Provision of Schooling

Downes, Thomas A.; Figlio, David N. - Tufts University <Medford, Mass.>; University of …; … - 1999

[...]What might account for this link between parentalincome and children’s income? Many economists believethat this …-income parents can invest inmore (and better) education for their children, in a mannerthat low-income parents cannot, due to credit … marketimperfections. Since credit markets are imperfect, becauseparents cannot borrow against their children’s futureearnings to finance …

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Measuring the Value of Better Schools

Black, Sandra E. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1998

[...]In this paper, I examine two methods of measuringthe value of better schools. One involves following individualsover time to determine how the quality of theirschooling affects outcomes later in their lives; the otherinvolves calculating parental valuation of better schoolstoday. I review...

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The Two-Legged Stool: The Neglected Role of Educational Standards in Improving America’s Public Schools

Betts, Julian R. - University of California <Berkeley, Calif.> / San Diego …; … - 1998

incentives and rewardsto promote student learning. Higher standards canincrease the effectiveness of school-leaving policies … academic achievement, rather thanage alone, would become the prerequisite for droppingout of school. Similarly, reductions in …

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The Impact of School Provision on Pupil Attendance: Evidence From theEarly 20th Century

MacKinnon, Mary; Minns, Chris - McGill University <Montréal> / Department of Economics; … - 2009

attendance impact of grading a school dominated alternatives such as employing more highly qualified teachers, or building …

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An Historical Analysis of the Expansion Of Compulsory Schooling in Europe After the Second World War

Viarengo, Martina - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

From 1945 to 1975, fifteen Western European countries passed school-leaving age laws that raised the number of years of …

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Fact or Fiction? Re-examination of Chinese Premodern Population Statistics

Deng, Kent G. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

Despite the kind of scholarly attention that has been attracted in the field ofChinese economic history in the past half a century or so, basic quantities ofsome basic factors have remained disagreed. Chinese population is one of them.For example, for the post-1350 period, the gap between...

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Growing up: School, family and area influences onadolescents’ later life chances

Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

This paper explores the links between school, family and areabackground influences during adolescence and later adult … Survey ofYouth. For a sample of individuals aged 14 to 19 in 1979, estimates areproduced of the impact of family, school and …

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The Roles of Schooling and Educational Qualificationsin the Emergence of Adult Social Exclusion

Hobcraft, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

In order to assess the roles of schooling and educational qualifications inthe emergence of adult social exclusion, a series of detailed regressionmodels were explored separately for men and women for each of a widerange of indicators of adult disadvantage at both ages 23 and 33,...

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