Publications
Education Maintenance Allowance evaluation with administrative data
08 Feb 2008,
This report assesses the impact of the EMA pilots on participation and attainment in post-compulsory education.
 More information When you are born matters: the impact of date of birth on child cognitive outcomes in England
24 Oct 2007,
This report looks at why the youngest children in each academic year performing more poorly, on average, than the older members of their cohort and what, if anything, should be done in light of these disparities.
More information When you are born matters: the impact of date of birth on child cognitive outcomes in England (Executive Summary)
24 Oct 2007,
This report looks at why the youngest children in each academic year performing more poorly, on average, than the older members of their cohort and what, if anything, should be done in light of these disparities.
More information National evaluation of the neighbourhood nurseries initiative: impact report
01 Mar 2007,
More information National evaluation of the neighbourhood nurseries: integrated report
01 Mar 2007,
More information Resources and standards in urban schools
22 Feb 2007,
In this paper we look at the impact of resources on pupil outcomes by considering an English education policy initiative, Excellence in Cities.
More information The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance
22 Mar 2006, , W06/04
Although the theoretical case for universal pre-primary education is strong, the empirical foundation is weak. In this paper, we contribute to the empirical case by investigating the effect of a large expansion of universal pre-primary education on subsequent primary school performance in Argentina.
More information Evaluation of Education Maintenance Allowance Pilots: Young People Aged 16-19 Years Final Report of the Quantitative Evaluation
18 Oct 2005,
This is the fourth and final report of the longitudinal evaluation of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) pilots which followed two cohorts of young people who completed Year 11 in the summers of 1999 and 2000.
More information Education subsidies and school drop-out rates
07 Jun 2005, , W05/11
This paper evaluates whether means-tested grants paid to secondary students are an effective way of reducing the proportion of school dropouts.
More information The impact of parental income and education on the schooling of their children
11 Feb 2005, , W05/05
This paper addresses the intergeneration transmission of education and investigates the extent to which early school leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in permanent income, parental education levels, and shocks to income at this age.
More information The role of credit constraints in educational choices: evidence from the NCDS and BCS70
01 Dec 2004,
In this analysis we seek to shed light on the extent to which credit constraints may affect individuals’
choices to stay in full-time education past the age of 16 and to complete higher education
(HE) qualifications in the United Kingdom, and on how this has varied between individuals
born in 1958 and in 1970.
More information Returns to education for the 'marginal learner' evidence from the BCS70
01 Dec 2004,
In this paper, we focus on two key educational choices and estimate the corresponding individual
wage returns for variously defined marginal learners.
More information An in-depth analysis of the returns to National Vocational Qualifications obtained at Level 2
01 Dec 2004,
In this paper, we offer an in-dept investigation of NVQ qualifications, trying to shed some
light as to why a seemingly beneficial certification of skill appears to hurt labour market
prospects.
More information The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on
preschool attendance and maternal employment
28 Nov 2004, , W04/30
We provide evidence on the impact of a large construction of pre-primary school facilities in Argentina.
More information Understanding the effects of early motherhood in Britain: the effects on mothers
10 Aug 2004, , W04/20
This paper examines the socio-economic consequences of teenage motherhood for a cohort of British women born in 1970.
More information National evaluation of the wraparound care project
01 Jul 2004,
This study was commissioned by the Department for Education
More information The evaluation of Education Maintenance Allowance Pilots: Three Years' Evidence. A Quantitative Evaluation
29 Jan 2004,
This is the third report of the longitudinal quantitative evaluation of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) pilots and the first since the government announced that EMA is to be rolled out nationally from 2004.
More information Evaluating the impact of education on earnings in the UK: Models, methods and results from the NCDS
01 Nov 2003, , W03/20
Regression, matching, control function and instrumental variables methods for recovering the impact of education on individual earnings are reviewed for single treatment and sequential multiple treatments with and without heterogeneous returns.
More information Education Maintenance Allowance Transport Pilots - Quantitative Findings from Year 1 and 2 (2000-2001/2001-2002)
25 Sep 2003,
This report contains a summary of quantitative evidence from an evaluation of the Education
More information Education Maintenance Allowance: The First Two Years. A Quantitative Evaluation
03 Jul 2002,
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has commissioned a longitudinal evaluation
More information Education Maintenance Allowance: The First Year - A Quantitative Evaluation
02 Mar 2001,
This evaluation focuses on the four models of EMA that were introduced into the
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