Search Results - "Vignoles, Anna"

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What parents want: School preferences and school choice

by Burgess, Simon M Greaves, Ellen Vignoles, Anna Wilson, Deborah Published in The Economic journal (London) (2015)

“...We investigate parents' preferences for school attributes in a unique data set of survey, administrative, census and spatial data. Using a conditional logit,...”

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Is children's free school meal 'eligibility' a good proxy for family income?

by Graham Hobbs Anna Vignoles Published in British educational research journal (01.08.2010)

“...Family income is an important factor associated with children's educational achievement. However, key areas of UK research (for example, on socially segregated...”

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Geography, choice and participation in higher education in England

by Gibbons, Stephen Vignoles, Anna Published in Regional science and urban economics (2012)

“...Geographical distance between parental home and college poses a potential barrier to higher education entry, and could be a deciding factor when choosing...”

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University access for disadvantaged children: a comparison across countries

by John Jerrim Anna Vignoles Published in Higher education (01.12.2015)

“...In this paper, we consider whether certain countries are particularly adept (or particularly poor) at getting children from disadvantaged homes to study for a...”

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Who Gets the Top Jobs? The Role of Family Background and Networks in Recent Graduates’ Access to High-status Professions

by MACMILLAN, LINDSEY TYLER, CLAIRE VIGNOLES, ANNA Published in Journal of social policy (01.07.2015)

“...There is currently debate in policy circles about access to ‘the upper echelons of power’ (Sir John Major, ex Prime Minister, 2013). This research explores the...”

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Revisiting free school meal eligibility as a proxy for pupil socio‐economic deprivation

by Ilie, Sonia Sutherland, Alex Vignoles, Anna Published in British educational research journal (01.04.2017)

“...Whether someone has ever had free school meal (FSM) eligibility over a six‐year period is the measure of socio‐economic disadvantage currently used in the...”

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Is Improving Access to University Enough? Socio‐Economic Gaps in the Earnings of English Graduates

by Britton, Jack Dearden, Lorraine Shephard, Neil Vignoles, Anna Published in Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics (01.04.2019)

“...Much research and policy attention has been on socio‐economic gaps in participation at university, but less attention has been paid to socio‐economic gaps in...”

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Private schooling and labour market outcomes

by Green, Francis Henseke, Golo Vignoles, Anna Published in British educational research journal (01.02.2017)

“...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...”

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School choice in England: evidence from national administrative data

by Burgess, Simon Greaves, Ellen Vignoles, Anna Published in Oxford review of education (03.09.2019)

“...We study school choice in England using a new dataset containing the choices of all parents seeking a school place in state secondary schools. We provide new...”

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The role of local labour market conditions and pupil attainment on post-compulsory schooling decisions

by Meschi, Elena Swaffield, Joanna Vignoles, Anna Published in International journal of manpower (2019)

“...Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of local labour market conditions and pupil educational attainment as primary determinants of the...”

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Can school competition improve standards? The case of faith schools in England

by Allen, Rebecca Allen, Rebecca Vignoles, Anna Vignoles, Anna Published in Empirical economics (01.05.2016)

“...This paper measures the extent to which the presence of state-funded Catholic secondary schools in England alters the educational experiences of pupils who...”

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When and why do initially high-achieving poor children fall behind?

by Crawford, Claire Macmillan, Lindsey Vignoles, Anna Published in Oxford review of education (02.01.2017)

“...In this paper, we examine the trajectories of initially higher- and lower-achieving children from lower and higher socio-economic status families from primary...”

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Do government schools improve learning for poor students? Evidence from rural Pakistan

by Aslam, Monazza Malik, Rabea Rawal, Shenila Rose, Pauline Vignoles, Anna Published in Oxford review of education (02.11.2019)

“...Pakistan's Punjab province has witnessed numerous education reforms in recent years. Many of these reforms have been aimed at improving the well-documented low...”

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The socio‐economic gradient in children's reading skills and the role of genetics

by Jerrim, John Vignoles, Anna Lingam, Raghu Friend, Angela Published in British educational research journal (01.02.2015)

“...By the time children leave primary school there is a large socio‐economic gap in their reading proficiency. There are a number of potential explanations for...”

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What should an index of school segregation measure?

by Allen, Rebecca Vignoles, Anna Published in Oxford review of education (01.11.2007)

“...The article aims to make a methodological contribution to the education segregation literature, providing a critique of previous measures of segregation used...”

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Mental Health of Parents and Life Satisfaction of Children: A Within-Family Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Well-Being

by Nattavudh Powdthavee Anna Vignoles Published in Social indicators research (01.09.2008)

“...This paper addresses the extent to which there is an intergenerational transmission of mental health and subjective well-being within families. Specifically it...”

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Family Background and University Success: Differences in Higher Education Access and Outcomes in England

by Micklewright, John Crawford, Claire Vignoles, Anna Dearden, Lorraine
17.11.2016

“...This book analyses why far fewer teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university than do young people from better-off families, and how success after...”

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Revisiting fixed- and random-effects models: some considerations for policy-relevant education research

by Clarke, Paul Crawford, Claire Steele, Fiona Vignoles, Anna Published in Education economics (04.05.2015)

“...The use of fixed (FE) and random effects (RE) in two-level hierarchical linear regression is discussed in the context of education research. We compare the...”

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