Education and Earnings: Insights from the NCDS

Published on 8 March 2018

Using unique British cohort studies, this presentation unpicks the causal impact of A-levels and University degrees on individual earnings, showing that these ‘returns’ are 50% overestimated if family background and early years ability is ignored.

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Using unique British cohort studies, this presentation unpicks the causal impact of A-levels and University degrees on individual earnings, showing that these ‘returns’ are 50% overestimated if family background and early years ability is ignored.

Authors

Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell

CPP Co-Director

Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

Presentation details

Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Blundell, R. (2018). 'Education and Earnings: Insights from the NCDS' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/education-and-earnings-insights-ncds (accessed: 25 April 2024).

Grant

Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), 2015-2020

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