Working papers

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2024

24–08: Decomposition and recomposition in teacher education – Briony Banks, Sam Sims, Jennifer Curran, Stefanie Meliss, Nazlin Chowdhury, Havva Altunbas, Nikoletta Alexandri Alexandri, Leila MacTavish and Isabel Instone

24–07: Assortative mating and wealth inequality in Great Britain: evidence from the baby boomer and Gen X cohorts – Ricky Kanabar

24–06: Occupational hazard: Inequalities in labour market mismatch – Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness

24–05: Young people's subjective wellbeing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a representative cohort study in England – Jake Anders and Erica Holt-White

24–04: Insurance against Income Shocks, Parental Investments, and Child Development – Pedro Carneiro, Kjell Salvanes & Emma Tominey

24–03: Measuring mathematical skills in early childhood: A systematic review of the psychometric properties of early maths assessments and screeners – Laura Outhwaite, Pirjo Aunio, Jaimie Ka Yu Leung and Jo Van Herwegen

24–02: Automation and employment over the technology life cycle: Evidence from European regions – Florencia Jaccoud, Fabien Petit, Tommaso Ciarli and Maria Savona

24–01: The employment impact of emerging digital technologies – Ekaterina Prytkova, Fabien Petit, Deyu Li, Sugat Chaturvedi and Tommaso Ciarli

2023

23–09: Modelling evidence-based practice in initial teacher training: causal effects on teachers' skills, knowledge and self-efficacy – Sam Sims, Harry Fletcher-Wood, Thomas Godfrey-Fassett, Peps Mccrea and Stefanie Meliss

23–08: Intergenerational educational mobility and the COVID-19 pandemic – Anna Adamecz-Volgyi, Yuyan Jiang, Nikki Shure and Gill Wyness

23–07: Experimental education research: rethinking why, how and when to use random assignment – Sam Sims, Jake Anders, Matthew Inglis, Hugues Lortie-Forgues, Ben Styles and Ben Weidmann

23–06: Welfare reform: Employment, mental health and intrahousehold insurance – Mike Brewer, Thang Dang and Emma Tominey

23–05: Using technology to get inside the black box of instructional coaching: a feasibility study – Sam Sims, Kate Forbes and Josh Goodrich.

23–04: First generation elite: the role of school networks – Sarah Cattan, Kjell Salvanes and Emma Tominey.

23–03: Are some school inspectors more lenient than others? – Christian Bokhove, Sam Sims and John Jerrim 

23–02: Can Maths Apps Add Value to Learning? A Systematic Review – Laura Outhwaite, Erin Early, Christothea Herodotou and Jo Van Herwegen

23–01: How does testing young children influence educational attainment and well-being? – Colin Green, Ole Henning Nyhus and Kari Vea Salvanes

2022

22–08: Traditional and progressive orientations to teaching: new empirical evidence on an old debate – Sam Sims and John Jerrim

22–07: Understanding recent patterns in intergenerational social mobility: differences by gender, ethnicity, education, and their intersections – Lindsey Macmillan and Abigail McKnight

22–06: Mathematics Attainment Falls Behind Reading in the Early Primary School Years – Laura Outhwaite, Jake Anders and Jo Van Herwegen

22–05: Walking the line: Does crossing a high stakes exam threshold matter for labour market outcomes? – Oliver Anderson

22–04: The effect of financial incentives on the retention of shortage-subject teachers: evidence from England – Sam Sims and Asma Benhenda

22–03: Socio-economic inequality in young people’s financial capabilities – Jake Anders, John Jerrim and Lindsey Macmillan

22–02: Effective teacher professional development: new theory and a meta-analytic test – Sam Sims, Harry Fletcher-Wood, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Sarah Cottingham, Claire Stansfield, Josh Goodrich, Jo Van Herwegen and Jake Anders

22–01: Intergenerational wealth transmission and mobility in Great Britain: what components of wealth matter? – Paul Gregg and Ricky Kanabar

2021

21–11: Educational expectations of UK teenagers and the role of socio-economic status and economic preferences – Silvan Has, Jake Anders, John Jerrim and Nikki Shure.

21–10: The effect of embedding formative assesment on pupil attainment – Jake Anders, Francesca Foliano, Matt Bursnall, Richard Dorsett, Nathan Anders, Johnny Runge and Stefan Speckesser.

21–09: Making good on the ITT Market Review – Sam Sims.

21–08: Inequalities in young peoples’ educational experiences and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic – Jake Anders, Lindsey Macmillan, Patrick Sturgis and Gill Wyness.

21–07: Refugees and the Educational Attainment of Natives – Colin Green and Jon Marius Vaag Iversen.

21–06: Intergenerational wealth transmission in Great Britain – Ricky Kanabar and Paul Gregg.

21–05: Trends in Intergenerational Home Ownership and Wealth Transmission – Jo Blanden, Andrew Eyles and Stephen Machin.

21–04: A review and evaluation of secondary school accountability in England: Statistical strengths, weaknesses, and challenges for 'Progress 8' raised by COVID – Lucy Prior, John Jerrim, Dave Thomson and George Leckie.

21–03: First-in-their-family students at university: Can non-cognitive skills compensate for social origin? – Rebecca Edwards, Rachael Gibson, Colm Harmon & Stefanie Schurer.

21–02: Unequal Learning and Labour Market Losses in the Crisis: Consequences for Social Mobility – Lee Elliot Major, Andrew Eyles and Stephen Machin.

21–01: App-based support for parental self-efficacy in the first 1000 days: a randomised control trial – Laura Outhwaite.

2020

20–16: Quantifying 'promising trials bias' in randomized controlled trials in education – Sam Sims, Jake Anders, Matthew Inglis and Hugues Lortie-Forgues.

20–15: How did the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic affect teacher wellbeing? – Rebecca Allen, John Jerrim and Sam Sims.

20–14: Grade Expectations: How well can we predict future grades based on past performance? – Jake Anders, Catherine Dilnot, Lindsey Macmillan and Gill Wyness.

20–13: Driven to succeed? Teenagers’ drive, ambition and performance on high-stakes examinations – John Jerrim, Gill Wyness and Nikki Shure.

20–12: Unemployment: The Coming Storm, Who Gets Hit, Who Gets Hurt, and Policy Remedies – Jake Anders, Andy Dickerson, Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan.

20–11: Intergenerational joblessness across Europe: the role of labour markets, education, and welfare generosity – Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan.

20–10: Monetary and time investments in children’s education: how do they differ in workless households? – Silvan Häs, Jake Anders and Nikki Shure.

20–09: Conditioning: How background variables can influence PISA scores – Laura Zieger, John Jerrim, Jake Anders and Nikki Shure.

20–08: Mothers working during preschool years and child skills: does income compensate? – Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell Salvanes and Emma Tominey.

20–07: Minority Report: the impact of predicted grades on university admissions of disadvantaged groups – Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness.

20–06: Determinants of private school participation: all about the money? – Jake Anders, Francis Green, Morag Henderson and Golo Henseke.

20–05: Adolescent School Bullying Victimisation and Later Life Outcomes – Emma Gorman, Colm Harmon, Silvia Mendolia, Anita Staneva and Ian Walker.

20–04: Parental Inputs and Socio-Economic Gaps in Early Child Development – Lindsey Macmillan, Emma Tominey.
 
20–03: Stay a Little Longer? Teacher Turnover, Retention, and Quality in Disadvantaged Schools – Asma Benhena, Julien Grenet.

20–02: New evidence on teachers’ working hours in England. An empirical analysis of four datasets – Rebecca Allen, Asma Benhenda, John Jerrim, Sam Sims.

20–01: Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in student to degree match – Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy, Gill Wyness.