Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Economics of Education Review | 2 |
| British Educational Research… | 1 |
| British Journal of Sociology… | 1 |
| Centre for the Economics of… | 1 |
| Journal of Vocational Behavior | 1 |
Author
| Vignoles, Anna | 2 |
| Chevalier, Arnaud | 1 |
| De Coulon, Augustin | 1 |
| Devereux, Paul J. | 1 |
| Fan, Wen | 1 |
| Green, Francis | 1 |
| Henseke, Golo | 1 |
| Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar | 1 |
| Martin, Peter | 1 |
| Ross, Andy | 1 |
| Schoon, Ingrid | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Education Level
| Postsecondary Education | 3 |
| Higher Education | 2 |
Audience
Location
| United Kingdom | 6 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| International Adult Literacy… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkSmith, Emma – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
This paper examines the role that social characteristics play in determining the academic success of students who begin university with roughly similar entry grades. The data used were drawn from the administrative records of over 38,000 UK-domiciled undergraduate students from one British university between 1998 and 2009. Results show that the…
Descriptors: Success, Performance Factors, Achievement Need, Social Characteristics
Green, Francis; Henseke, Golo; Vignoles, Anna – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
Though a relative small part of the school sector, private schools have an important role in British society, and there are policy concerns about their negative effect on social mobility. Other studies show that individuals who have attended a private school go on to have higher levels of educational achievement, are more likely to secure a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education
Chevalier, Arnaud – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Using a survey of a cohort of UK graduates, linked to administrative data on higher education participation, this paper investigates the labour market attainment of recent graduates by subject of study. We document a large heterogeneity in the mean wages of graduates from different subjects and a considerably larger one within subject with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Graduate Surveys
Devereux, Paul J.; Fan, Wen – Economics of Education Review, 2011
We study the effects of the large expansion in British educational attainment that took place for cohorts born between 1970 and 1975. Using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, we find that the expansion caused men to increase education by about a year on average and gain about 8% higher wages; women obtained a slightly greater increase in education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics, Wages, Females
Schoon, Ingrid; Martin, Peter; Ross, Andy – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
Drawing on data collected from two longitudinal Cohort Studies following the lives of over 20,000 individuals born in the United Kingdom 12 years apart in 1958 and 1970, respectively, this paper examines antecedents and outcomes of educational and occupational aspirations of young men and women, covering the transition from dependent childhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Family Characteristics, Career Development
Download full textMarcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar; Vignoles, Anna; De Coulon, Augustin – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2007
In this paper we evaluate the labour market value of basic skills in the UK, focusing on the wage and employment returns to having better literacy and numeracy skills. We draw on literacy and numeracy assessments undertaken by all cohort members of the UK 1970 British Cohort Study. The data used are very rich and allow us to account for potential…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Numeracy, Labor Market, Basic Skills
