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Greater levels of social mobility are widely seen as desirable on grounds of both equity and efficiency. Debate on social mobility in Britain and elsewhere has recently focused on specific factors that might hinder social mobility, including the role of internships and similar employment...
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In a meritocratic society an individual's economic success is determined by their ability, not by their parents' socio-economic status. We assess whether meritocracy has increased in both the British education system and labour market. The richness of our longitudinal data enables us to look at...
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in these schools dramatically reduces academic achievement on national exams at age 16. By contrast, for students who …
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'University Technical Colleges' (UTCs) in 2010 for students aged 14 to 18. 49 UTCs have been created since then. We use a spatial …-standard transition age of 14, UTCs dramatically reduce their academic achievement on national exams at age 16. However, for students who …. They also improve achievement in STEM qualifications, and enrolment in apprenticeships. By age 19, UTC students are less …
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"University Technical Colleges" (UTCs) in 2010 for students aged 14 to 18. 49 UTCs have been created since then. We use a spatial …-standard transition age of 14, UTCs dramatically reduce their academic achievement on national exams at age 16. However, for students who …. They also improve achievement in STEM qualifications, and enrolment in apprenticeships. By age 19, UTC students are less …
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7% more per year, on average, than state school students some 3.5 years after graduation, even when comparing otherwise …
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The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment...
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follow two cohorts of students in England - those who took GCSEs in 2001-02 and 2002-03 - from age 11 to age 20. The findings … hold for both state and private school students. This suggests that poor attainment in secondary schools is more important … in explaining lower HE participation rates amongst students from disadvantaged backgrounds than barriers arising at the …
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