socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the …

Education is often regarded as a route to social mobility. For this to be the case, however, the link between family … background and adult outcomes must be broken (or at least reduced) once we take account of an individual's education history … education does not appear to be the leveller it was hoped to be. …

for children born to mothers with higher socio-economic status (education and employment), and to mothers who smoked …

There have been many studies of the impact of higher education (HE) on the wages and earnings of graduates. However …

examines whether there is evidence of heterogeneity in the returns to education as well as the impact of education on gender … as the impact of education on gender wage differentials. The paper finds that conventional OLS estimates, which assume …The paper estimates the returns to education for a cohort of individuals born in Britain in March 1958 who have been …

entering higher education or employment. The estimates for earnings functions show large differences across gender with males … to employment, unemployment or higher education. Family background is an important predictor for participation in higher … education reflecting the degree of rationing in the system. The level of educational attainment influences the probability of …

years into the labour market vary with gender, institution attended subject and socioeconomic background. The English system …, nominating their subject before they enter higher education (HE). We find subjects like Medicine, Economics, Law, Maths and …