Assumptions about the role of neighbourhood effects are increasingly built into urban policies, particularly in relation to the role of spatial concentrations of disadvantage in perpetuating inequality and social exclusion. Nevertheless, hard evidence to underpin this assumption is still largely...

To complement analyses of how education affects locational outcomes in labour and housing markets, this paper investigates the impact of location (at neighbourhood and sub-regional scales) on English secondary school public exam results. This is explored both in terms of grades/points achieved...