Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Meghir, Costas - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 2 (2004) 2-3, pp. 396-405
This paper reports on the short run impact of one of the U.K. government's flagship education policies, the Excellence in Cities (EiC) program. EiC is aimed specifically at alleviating poor student achievement in inner city areas. The analysis compares educational attainment in Maths and English...