Choice and competition in education have recently found growing support from both policy-
makers and academics. Yet evidence on the actual benefits of market-orientated reforms is …

There is a longstanding literature on the unequal geographical distribution of welfare. In this
paper we argue that increasingly geography is becoming the basis for rationing access to …

The most widely used measure of segregation is the so‐called dissimilarity index. It is now
well understood that this measure also reflects randomness in the allocation of individuals to …

We estimate the effect of peers' prior achievement on student progress in secondary school,
using administrative data on four cohorts of students in England. Students leaving primary …

In this paper we examine the role which distance, in a variety of forms, can play in the
reproduction, intensification or reduction of educational inequality in different types of school …

This paper seeks an explanation for the persistent social phenomenon of segregated
schooling in England whereby children from families with broadly the same characteristics of …

This paper provides evidence on the sources of differences in inequality in educational
scores and their evolution over time in four European countries. Using Programme for …

The Danish school system is based on a general belief in the quality and merits of public
schooling. Until 20 years ago, more than 90% of all children attended public school …

La figure du marché a depuis quelques décennies fait clairement irruption dans le champ
scolaire et est présentée par certains auteurs comme une forme de coordination alternative …

This report provides the first quantitative evidence on the characteristics and outcomes of
gap year takers in the UK. It does so by using two rich survey datasets: the Longitudinal …