The Centre for the Economics of Education is an independent research centre funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The views expressed in this work are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the DCSF. All errors and omissions remain the authors. Executive Summary Commuting or re-location costs could be an in important influence on students " university choices...

Intergenerational Education Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants We analyze the intergenerational education mobility of Canadian men and women born to immigrants. A detailed portrait of Canadians is offered, as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants. Persistence in the years of schooling across the generations is rather weak between i...

Introduction Among the most vexing and persistent issues in American education are the racial segregation of students and the achievement gap between black and white students. With the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954, de jure segregation of schools was prohibited. Nonetheless de facto segregation remains, and recent growth in the nonwhite student population has exacerbated the proble...

This paper aims to clarify the underlying basis for the observed differences in the consumption of school quality associated with race, education, and income. In particular, I attempt to distinguish whether these differences are driven primarily by differences in preferences for schooling itself or by variation in other factors that affect the residential location, school, and housing choices o...

U.S. schools are failing the nation and the nation’s economy. It may be that a greater level of expenditure can be justified and urged upon the nation based on an analysis of schooling effects on economic growth. Alternatively, the nation should aim to provide the highest quality of schooling at the level of expenditure preferred by the taxpayer. The application of a choice model for social exp...

Research paper: human capital, fertility, MFLFPR, history, calibration Structured Abstract -This paper addresses revolutionary changes in the education, fertility and market work of U.S. families formed in the 1870s-1920s: Fertility fell from 5.3 to 2.6; the graduation rate of their children increased from 7 to 50 percent; and the fraction of adulthood wives devoted to market-oriented work incr...

We analyze longitudinal data from a demographic surveillance area (DSA) in KwaZulu-Natal to examine the impact of parental death on children's outcomes. The results show significant differences in the impact of mothers' and fathers' deaths. The loss of a child's mother is a strong predictor of poor schooling outcomes. Maternal orphans are significantly less likely to be enrolled in school and h...

As an avenue of educational reform and organizational restructuring within public education, school choice has gained in popularity over the last twenty years. The charter school movement, in particular, has enjoyed a high growth rate since its introduction in 1992. Advocates of charter schools claim the schools’ regulatory freedom and unique structure foster improved academic performance and e...