L enton P. Over-education across British regions, Regional Studies . This paper analyses levels of over-education and wage returns to education for males across eleven regions of the UK using Labour Force Survey data. Significant differences are found in the probability of being over-educated...

Potentially, community development finance institutions (CDFIs) represent a promising complement to the welfare system in its attempts to reduce poverty, since they provide finance to the financially excluded and potentially remove a barrier to their acquisition of assets. Drawing on a new...

We argue that trust can be incentivised by measures which increase the ability of trusters to protect themselves against risk. We work within the framework originally established by Berg, Dickhaut, and McCabe (1995) in which trust is measured experimentally as the ability to generate reciprocity...

L<sc>enton</sc> P. Over-education across British regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper analyses levels of over-education and wage returns to education for males across eleven regions of the UK using Labour Force Survey data. Significant differences are found in the probability of being over-educated...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate whether the institution attended or type of course taken in further education, by students who are classified as low achievers at age 16, influences the probability of their subsequent educational success. Design/methodology/approach – To evaluate the...

Purpose – Aims to consider whether the expansion of post-compulsory education has led to greater benefits for members of one socio-economic group than another. Design/methodology/approach – Uses a multinomial logit model of the choice of first destination, using the Youth Cohort Survey data...

This paper examines the cost of the increased provision of higher education courses within further education colleges in England. We believe this to be the first attempt to fit a cost function specifically to the further education sector. Cost functions for a sample of 96 colleges over a 2-year...

1. Introduction -- 2. Scope and method -- 3. Financial performance of CDFIs -- 4. CDFI clients : impacts on individuals -- 5. CDFI clients : community-level impacts -- 6. Fiscal impacts -- 7. Where next?