distribution are weaker. Consequently, the effects of inequality on the ability to win are stronger. Using the Olympics of 2012 and …Does a countrys level of inequality affect its ability to win Olympic medals? If it does, is it conditional on … institutional factors? We argue that the ability of economically free societies to win medals will not be affected by inequality. In …

Whilst widening participation to higher education was approaching New Labour's target of 50% of 18-30s (for women at …-professions at best. It is argued therefore that education as a whole faces a credibility crunch. However, many have nowhere else to … qualifications. This only intensifies national hysteria about education as the Coalition's reception of Browne's Review restricts …

. Under reasonable assumptions, the model predicts that the spending share on education increases if the middle class becomes … larger such that the size of the middle class has a positive impact on education. We test the relationship empirically by … determinant of female education than male education and that the effect of the middle class on education is more pronounced in …