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Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions
Date started: 26 April 2010
The Centre is a collaboration between researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Institute of Education and the National Centre for Social Research. The Centre's work is funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
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22 December 2011
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A DfE research brief from the Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions (CAYT).
22 December 2011
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In the context of a difficult 2011 labour market, this report examines the early educational and labour market transitions made by young people.
01 November 2011
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30 October 2011
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The analyses summarised here explore the educational outcomes of disengaged young people from a nationally representative cohort who reported taking vocational courses in Year 10 compared to similarly disengaged young people who did not.
30 October 2011
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This study investigated the hypothesis that offering vocational options in Year 10 can help improve levels of educational engagement and subsequent outcomes among young people disengaged from education.
10 August 2011
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CAYT researchers presented evidence on the link between young people's education and labour market choices and economic growth.
31 May 2011
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Four distinct pieces of analysis to help us better understand young people's early interactions with the labour market.
31 May 2011
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This review is aimed at providing a comprehensive understanding of the key characteristics of what works in terms of early interventions to prevent or reduce youth crime or anti-social behaviour.
12 May 2011
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In this paper we examine the associations between gender, family background, general cognitive ability (g), teenage career aspirations, and career attainment in mid adulthood drawing on two large representative samples of the British population born in 1958
01 March 2011
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This paper reviews the literature on social monility in the light of possible policies for intervention.
01 February 2011
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This report looks at the costs and benefits associated with young people's drug and alcohol treatment.
01 November 2010
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29 July 2010
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01 July 2010
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The aim of this study was to assess the longitudinal trajectory linking childhood receptive language skills to psychosocial outcomes in later life.
24 June 2010
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This study is designed to clarify young people's drinking patterns, with particular emphasis on chains of behaviour that may lead to negative outcomes.
01 June 2010
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This paper examines the association between general cognitive ability directly measured at age 10/11, and adult academic attainment in three British birth cohorts born in 1946, 1958, and 1970, controlling for family socio-economic background and gender.
01 June 2010
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This paper explores the role of individual experiences and school characteristics in determining changes in disengagement between the age of 14 and 16.
01 May 2010
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This paper makes use of newly linked administrative data to better understand the determinants of higher education participation amongst individuals from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
01 April 2010
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This paper examines changing educational expectations in three British age cohorts born in 1958, 1970 and 1989/90.
01 January 2010
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We examined the prospective associations between family socio-economic background, childhood intelligence (g) at age 11, educational and occupational attainment, and social attitudes at age 33 in a large (N=8804), representative sample of the British population born in 1958.
15 December 2009
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This study uses an analytical approach that enables the capturing of different kinds of disengagement, creating a typology of engaged / disengaged young people.
30 April 2009
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This paper examines antecedents and outcomes of educational and occupational aspirations of young men and women, covering the transition from dependent childhood into independent adulthood.

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