socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the …

characteristics, is this gap explained by segregation of women in low-wage firms, or by gender inequality within a given firm? To … between-firm (sorting) and within-firm heterogeneity (bargaining) on the gender wage gap. We use a two-way fixed effect wage … model, in which firm fixed effects differ between male and female employees to account for within-firm gender differences in …

a dynamic life-cycle model of women's education, labour supply and savings with family dynamics and rich individual …

Education is often regarded as a route to social mobility. For this to be the case, however, the link between family … background and adult outcomes must be broken (or at least reduced) once we take account of an individual's education history … education does not appear to be the leveller it was hoped to be. …

There are large socio-economic gaps in higher education participation. But returns to education in the UK derive …

-productivity jobs. I estimate a structural model of endogenous education, employment and occupational choice to quantify this effect; I … heterogeneous ability. I decompose the effect of wealth on average lifetime earnings into education and unemployment channels, and … interventions: an education subsidy and unemployment insurance. I find that the former is most effective at increasing aggregate …

for children born to mothers with higher socio-economic status (education and employment), and to mothers who smoked …