Category: Education
Who gets in? Where you live matters for where you go to school
The system rationing entry to England’s more effective schools could have a big impact on social mobility. Our research provides the first detailed national dataset since widespread academisation.
By Simon Burgess (University of Bristol and IZA), Estelle Cantillon (Université Libre de Bruxelles, FNRS, and CEPR), Mariagrazia Cavallo (University of Bristol), Ellen Greaves (European University Institute and University of Bristol), and Min Zhang (University of Westminster)
Families can express a preference (‘choose’) for their child to attend any state school in England, but schools set the rules for who gets in if they are over-subscribed.…
Education: Advising government on the effects of schools funding policy on segregation
Dr Hans Sievertsen’s research enabled policymakers to look beyond news headlines that reported increased segregation of schools.
By Dr Hans Sievertsen
In 2010, Denmark’s newspapers began reporting on a change in how state high schools recruit students.…
Schools: ethnicity research prevents ineffective educational policy
Ambitious minority ethnic families are to thank for London’s impressive GCSE results, and not a much-praised policy, showed research from Professor Simon Burgess.
By Michelle Kilfoyle.
London boasts the best GCSE scores and progress of pupils anywhere in England.…
What happens when you deregulate the teacher labour market?
Following a dramatic policy change in England, we got a chance to find out. Blog based on “Deregulating Teacher Labor Markets” Economics of Education Review 2022.
By Simon Burgess (University of Bristol),
Ellen Greaves (University of Bristol),
Richard Murphy (University of Texas at Austin).…