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Sousounis, Panos; Bladen-Hovell, Robin – Economics of Education Review, 2010
In this paper we investigate the role of workers' training history in determining current training-incidence. The analysis is conducted on an unbalanced sample comprising information on approximately 5000 employees from the first seven waves of the BHPS. Training participation is modelled as a dynamic random effects probit model where the effects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics, Qualifications, Job Training
Blanden, Jo; Buscha, Franz; Sturgis, Patrick; Urwin, Peter – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2010
Using the 1991 to 2007 waves of the UK British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), the authors estimate a fixed effects specification that has as outcomes (i) earnings and (ii) an indicator of social position measured using the CAMSIS scale. Adopting a fixed effects specification enables them to isolate the role of lifelong learning on these two…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Outcomes of Education, Income, Social Status
Green, Francis; Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard; Zhu, Yu – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2010
Private schools have historically played an important role in the reproduction of the ruling classes in Britain. They continue to do so, but there is surprisingly little modern research as to how these schools impinge on the economy. In this paper we analyse the role of independent schools in the teachers' labour market. Teacher shortages in…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Teachers, Public School Teachers, Competition