being able to follow a particular cohort of children (all state school children in England in Year 11 in 2001-02) from age …

There is a long history of research in the UK and elsewhere showing that children who are born at the end of the … academic year tend to have lower educational attainment than children born at the start of the academic year. In England, where … the academic year runs from 1 September to 31 August, this means that children born in the summer tend to perform worse …

: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) scores (used by Teach First to define its current eligibility criterion …

-emotional development between children at older ages. It documents and explores the differences between children born to cohabiting and … these differences may play a role in explaining the gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development between children born …

Why do the children of wealthy parents accumulate more wealth than children from poorer backgrounds? Does parental … much wealth do parents give directly to their children? What other channels are involved in the persistence of wealth from … their adult children. We assess the role of education, earnings, saving decisions, portfolio decisions, access to …