Ethnicity, educational attainment and the transition from school

Manchester School

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-346

  Bradley, Steve ^a   Taylor, Jim ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542620651     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2004.00395.x     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Andrews, M. and Bradley, S. (1997). 'Modelling the Transition from School and the Demand for Training in the United Kingdom', Economica, Vol. 64, pp. 387-413.
2. Andrews, M., Bradley, S. and Stott, D. (2002). 'Matching the Demand for and Supply of Training in the School-to-work Transition'. Economic Journal, Vol. 112, pp. C1-C19.
3. Armstrong, D. (1996). 'Staying on at School in Northern Ireland: a Microeconomic Analysis of the Effects of Local Labour Market Demand', Discussion Paper, Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre.
4. Bell, B. D. (1997). 'The Performance of Immigrants in the United Kingdom: Evidence from the GHS', Economic Journal, Vol. 107, pp. 333-344.
5. Bennett, R., Glennerster, H. and Nevison, D. (1992a). 'Investing in Skill: to Stay or Not to Stay On?', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 8, pp. 130-145.
6. Bennett, R., Glennerster, H. and Nevison, D. (1992b). Learning Should Pay, London, British Petroleum Educational Services.
7. Berthoud, R. and Beishon, S. (1997). 'People, Families and Households', in T. Modood and R. Berthoud (eds), Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage, London, Policy Studies Institute, Ch. 2.
8. Betts, J. (1995). 'Does School Quality Matter? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth', Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 77, pp. 231-250.
9. Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Leslie, D. and Murphy, P. (1997). 'A Picture of Male and Female Unemployment among Britain's Ethnic Minorities', Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 44, pp. 182-197.
10. Blau, D. (1999). 'The Effect of Income on Child Development', Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 81, pp. 261-276.
11. Bradley, S. and Taylor, J. (1998). 'The Effect of School Size on Exam Performance in Secondary Schools', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 60, pp. 291-324.
12. Bradley, S. and Taylor, J. (2002). 'The Effect of the Quasi-market on the Efficiency-Equity Trade-off in the Secondary School Sector', Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 54, pp. 295-314.
13. Bradley, S., Crouchley, R., Millington, J. and Taylor, J. (2000). 'Testing for Quasimarket Forces in Secondary Education', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 62, pp. 357-390.
14. Burgess, S., Propper, C., Rees, H. and Shearer, A. (1999). 'The Class of '81: the Effects of Early-career Unemployment on Subsequent Employment Experiences', Working Paper 99/011, Department of Economics, University of Bristol.
15. Card, D. and Krueger, A. B. (1992). 'Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States', Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 100, pp. 1-40.
16. Coleman, J. S., Campbell, E. Q., Hobson, C. J., McPartland, J., Mood, A. H., Weinfeld, F. D. and York, R. L. (1966). Equality of Educational Opportunity, Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office.
17. Currie, J. and Thomas, D. (1999). 'Early Test Scores, Socioeconomic Status and Future Outcomes', National Bureau of Economic Research W6943.
18. Dolton, P. and Vignoles, A. (1996). 'The Impact of School Quality on Labour Market Success in the United Kingdom', Department of Economics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
19. Dolton, P., Makepeace, G., Hutton, S. and Audas, R. (1999). Making the Grade: Education, the Labour Market and Young People, Work and Opportunity Series No. 15, York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
20. Drew, D. (1995). 'Race', Education and Work: The Statistics of Inequality, Aldershot, Avebury Press.
21. Drew, D., Gray, J. and Sime, N. (1992). Against the Odds: The Education and Labour Market Experiences of Black Young People, Research and Development Series No. 68, Moorfoot, Sheffield, Employment Department.
22. Emrisch, J. and Francesconi, M. (1997). 'Family Matters', Working Paper 97-1 of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, University of Essex.
23. Feinstein, L. (1999). 'The Relative Economic Importance of Academic, Psychological and Behavioural Attributes Developed in Childhood', University of Sussex Discussion Paper in Economics 62.
24. Feinstein, L. and Symons, J. (1999). 'Attainment in Secondary Schools', Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 51, pp. 300-321.
25. Gray, J., Jesson, D. and Sime, N. (1992). 'The Discouraged Worker Revisited: Post-16 Participation in Education South of the Border', Sociology, Vol. 26, pp. 493-505.
26. Hanushek, E. A. (1979). 'Conceptual and Empirical Issues in the Estimation of Educational Production Functions', Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 14, pp. 351-388.
27. Hanushek, E. A. (1986). 'The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools', Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 24, pp. 1141-1177.
28. Hanushek, E. A. (1992). 'The Trade-off Between Child Quantity and Quality', Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 100, pp. 84-117.
29. Hanushek, E., Rivkin, S. and Taylor, L. (1996). 'Aggregation and Estimated Effects of School Resources', Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 78, pp. 611-627.
30. Haveman, R. and Wolfe, B. (1995). 'The Determinants of Children's Attainments: a Review of Methods and Findings', Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 33, pp. 1829-1878.
31. Hoxby, C. M. (1998). 'The Effects of Class Size and Composition on Student Achievement: New Evidence from Natural Population Variation', Working Paper 6869, NBER, Cambridge, MA.
32. Lakey, J. (1997). 'Neighbourhoods and Housing', in T. Modood and R. Berthoud (eds), Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage, London, Policy Studies Institute, Ch. 6.
33. Leslie, D. and Drinkwater, S. (1999). 'Staying On in Full-time Education: Reasons for Higher Participation Rates among Ethnic Minority Males and Females', Economica, Vol. 66, pp. 63-78.
34. Leslie, D., Blackaby, D., Clark, K., Drinkwater, S., Murphy, P. and O'Leary, N. (1998). An Investigation of Racial Disadvantage, Manchester, Manchester University Press.
35. Loeb, S. and Bound, J. (1996). 'The Effect of Measured School Inputs on Academic Achievement: Evidence from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s Birth Cohorts', Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 78, pp. 33-47.
36. Lynch, L. (1987). 'Individual Differences in the Youth Labour Market: a Crosssectional Analysis of London Youths', in P. Junankar (ed.), From School to Unemployment? The Labour Market for Young People, London, Macmillan, Ch. 9.
37. Manski, C. and McFadden, D. (1981). Structural Analysis of Discrete Data with Econometric Applications, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.
38. Micklewright, J. (1989). 'Choice at Sixteen', Economica, Vol. 56, pp. 23-39.
39. Micklewright, J., Pearson, M. and Smith, S. (1989). 'Has Britain an Early School-leaving Problem?', Fiscal Studies, Vol. 10, pp. 1-16.
40. Modood, T. (1997). 'Qualifications and English Language', in T. Modood and R. Berthoud (eds), Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage, London, Policy Studies Institute, Ch. 3.
41. Modood, T. and Berthoud, R. (eds) (1997). Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage, London, Policy Studies Institute.
42. Payne, J., Cheng, Y. and Witherspoon, S. (1996). Education and Training for 16-18 Year Olds: Individual Paths and National Trends, London, Policy Studies Institute.
43. Prais, S. J. (1995). Productivity, Education and Training: an International Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
44. Raffe, D. and Willms, J. (1989). 'Schooling the Discouraged Worker: Local Labour Market Effects on Educational Participation', Sociology, Vol. 23, pp. 559-581.
45. Rice, P. (1987). 'The Demand for Post-compulsory Education in the UK and the Effects of Educational Maintenance Allowances', Economica, Vol. 54, pp. 465-475.
46. Rice, P. (1999). 'The Impact of Local Labour Markets on Investment in Further Education: Evidence from the England and Wales Youth Cohort Studies', Population Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 287-312.
47. Robertson, D. and Symons, J. (2003). 'Do Peer Groups Matter? Peer Group versus Schooling Effects on Academic Attainment', Economica, Vol. 70, pp. 31-53.
48. Swann Report (1985). Education for All, London, Department of Education and Science, Commission of Inquiry into the Education of Children from Ethnic Minority Groups, HMSO.