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Money or fun? : why students want to pursue further education

Belfield, Chris; Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher; … - 2016

We study students' motives for educational attainment in a unique survey of 885 secondary school students in the UK. As …

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The value of teachers' pensions

Disney, Richard (contributor); Emmerson, Carl (contributor); … - 2009

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Estimating the effect of teacher pay on pupil attainment using boundary discontinuities

Greaves, Ellen; Sibieta, Luke - 2014

%) are unlikely to be effective for attracting and retaining higher quality teachers. …

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Heterogeneity in graduate earnings by socio-economic background

Crawford, Claire; Vignoles, Anna - 2014

population of individuals graduating from UK universities in 2006-07 and find that those who attended private schools earn around …

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The impact of higher education on the living standards of female graduates

Belfield, Chris; Erve, Laura van der - 2018

cohort study data in the UK to show that, for women, acquiring HE quali cations increases net family income by around 20%. We …

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Socio-economic differences in university outcomes in the UK : drop-out, degree completion and degree class

Crawford, Claire - 2014

There are large socio-economic gaps in higher education participation. But returns to education in the UK derive ….g. Crawford, 2014), which shows that, amongst students with the same grades on entry to university, those from worse … from better-performing schools. This suggests that it is more challenging for universities interested in using contextual …

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Econometric methods for research in education

Meghir, Costas; Rivkin, Steven G. - 2010

This paper reviews some of the econometric methods that have been used in the economics of education. The focus is on understanding how the assumptions made to justify and implement such methods relate to the underlying economic model and the interpretation of the results. We start by...