In this paper we analyse the decision to continue in post-compulsory education in Italy. Using data from the Survey of … of investigating factors which affect the decision to continue in post-compulsory education. The estimates of the … econometric model show that the individual with the smallest probability to continue in education has one or more of the following …

In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increases in education acquisition by people from relatively rich family backgrounds. At the same time, wage differentials for … the more educated have risen. Putting these two together (more education for people from richer backgrounds and an …

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether … resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …

shocks to the primary household earner should have more negative consequences for child education — it is especially maternal … health are about 7 percentage points less likely to be enrolled in education at ages 15-24. These results are robust to …

child’s education by jointly modelling the school drop-out decision and response to the family income question. Our … estimates show the exogeneity of response to the income question with a child’s education and are in line with the previous …, other non-pecuniary parental effects, such as parental education and social class, turn out to be both significant and of a …

;the effect of formal education on both fertility and labour force participation, and;accounts for the potential endogeneity of … education. Our estimates show that;increasing education up to the upper secondary level exerts ceteris paribus a positive …