This paper explores the links between school, family and areabackground influences during adolescence and later adult economicoutcomes. The empirical analysis is based on data covering the period1979 to 1996, drawn from the 1979 US National Longitudinal Survey ofYouth. For a sample of...

London is being successfully regenerated at present, yet poverty andsocial exclusion are increasing. The paradox is explained in part by theopenness of the London economy and the lack of basic skills of asubstantial minority of the population. The Government’s policies fortackling social...