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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.

This paper explores the role of individual experiences and school characteristics in determining changes in disengagement between the age of 14 and 16.

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.

This paper examines changing educational expectations in three British age cohorts born in 1958, 1970 and 1989/90.

Our aim was to assess the longitudinal trajectory of childhood receptive language skills and early influences on the course of language development.

A report of research carried out by Institute for Fiscal Studies on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. This Appendix provides a detailed and formal derivation of the estimation methods considered in the main report, as well as of the conditions for their validity.

The aim of this report is to explore how the findings from the experimental research on ERA relate to the impacts that would have been experienced, on average, by all the people who were eligible for the programme, had they participated in the study.

The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program implemented in rural areas in Colombia since 2002, on school enrollment and child labor.

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.

The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program implemented in rural areas in Colombia since 2002, on school enrollment and child labor.

This study uses an analytical approach that enables the capturing of different kinds of disengagement, creating a typology of engaged / disengaged young people.

This study examined why young people from poor families have lower attainment in school, are more likely to become NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) after compulsory education, and are more likely to participate in a range of risky behaviours whilst teenagers.

Primary school enrolment and completion rates are almost universal in rural Mexico. In this paper, we investigate whether the primary school transfer generates positive externalities in the household.

The aim of this paper is to examine variations in the combination of social roles during times of social change.

We model the choice of individuals to follow or not apprenticeship training and their subsequent career.

This paper looks at evidence as to whether expanding preschool education provides work incentives for mothers.

In this article some of the findings emerging from a research network investigating the socio-economic, biological and psychological circumstances that contribute to human capability and resilience over the life course are reported.

We examine the specific role of educational and personal assets and family resources in supporting young people from socially disadvantaged family backgrounds to stay on in school beyond the mandatory school leaving age.