This review describes the research frontier on human capital and education in economics
research. It delineates what is known and largely agreed, and what are the most promising …

This paper considers the history of access to higher education in England and reviews the
evidence on the progress made in widening participation and ensuring 'fair access' under …

Ensuring a good match between skills acquired in education and on the job and those
required in the labour market is essential to make the most of investments in human capital …

This article demonstrates how class origin shapes earnings in higher professional and
managerial employment. Taking advantage of newly released data in Britain's Labour Force …

This paper uses tax and student loan administrative data to measure how the earnings of
English graduates around 10 years into the labour market vary with gender, institution …

Education is important at national, local and individual levels. Its benefits accrue both to
society and to individuals, and as such provision of education in many countries is paid for at …

The UK government has expressed a desire to increase social mobility, with policies to help
achieve this aim focused on reducing inequalities in educational attainment. This paper …

This paper examines the financial value over the course of a lifetime of pursuing a college
degree under a variety of different settings (eg major, student loan debt, individual ability). I …

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 relationship between …

Each year more than 350,000 students start Higher Education (HE) degrees in England at a
total cost of around£ 17 billion paid by graduates in repayments on student loans and the …