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Working Papers

2025

1. Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

2. Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in student to degree match
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in CEPEO Working Paper Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (2020) View citations (9)
3. Parental inputs and socio-economic gaps in early child development
   CEPEO Working Paper Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (8)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (8)

2020

4. Grade Expectations: How well can we predict future grades based on past performance?
   CEPEO Working Paper Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities View citations (4)
5. Inequality in access to grammar schools
   CEPEO Briefing Note Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
6. Intergenerational joblessness across Europe: the role of labour markets, education and welfare generosity
   CEPEO Working Paper Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities View citations (2)
7. The unequal scarring effects of a recession on young people's life chances
   CEPEO Briefing Note Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities View citations (2)
8. Unemployment: The Coming Storm, Who Gets Hit, Who Gets Hurt, and Policy Remedies
   CEPEO Working Paper Series, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities

2019

9. Inequalities in student to course match: evidence from linked administrative data
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (14)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (14)

2017

10. Assessing the role of grammar schools in promoting social mobility
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (4)
11. Children in jobless households across Europe: Evidence on the association with medium- and long-term outcomes
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (4)
12. Intergenerational income persistence within families
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (11)
13. Is London really the engine-room? Migration, opportunity hoarding and regional social mobility in the UK
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Is London Really the Engine-Room? Migration, Opportunity Hoarding and Regional Social Mobility in the UK, National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2017) View citations (8) (2017)

2016

14. Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2016) View citations (33) (2016)

2015

15. Nonlinear Estimation of Lifetime Intergenerational Economic Mobility and the Role of Education
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (5)
16. When and why do initially high attaining poor children fall behind?
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (1)

2014

17. Education and Intergenerational Mobility: Help or Hindrance?
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (21)
    Also in CASE Papers, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE (2014) View citations (21)
18. Income inequality, intergenerational mobility and the Great Gatsby Curve: is education the key?
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (2)
19. Moving Towards Estimating Lifetime Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the UK
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (11)
    Also in The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2014) View citations (10)
20. Selective Schooling Systems Increase Inequality
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    Also in DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Do selective schooling systems increase inequality?, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2013

21. Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Within-Group Inequality
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (60)
    Also in The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2010) View citations (10)
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2011) View citations (13)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (7)
22. The role of non-cognitive and cognitive skills, behavioural and educational outcomes in accounting for the intergenerational transmission of worklessness
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (11)
23. Understanding income mobility: the role of education for intergenerational income persistence in the US, UK and Sweden
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (10)
24. Who gets the Top Jobs? The role of family background and networks in recent graduates' access to high status professions
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (8)

2012

25. The Impact of Fathers’ Job Loss during the 1980s Recession on their Child’s Educational Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (35)

2011

26. Measuring the intergenerational correlation of worklessness
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (6)

2010

27. The Intergenerational Transmission of Worklessness in the UK
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (9)

2009

28. Family Income and Education in the Next Generation: Exploring income gradients in education for current cohorts of youth
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (8)

2008

29. Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Increased Inequality
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (2)

2007

30. Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education
    School of Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Surrey View citations (284)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (293)
    CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE (2006) View citations (31)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007) View citations (290) (2007)

2006

31. Explaining Intergenerational Income Persistence: Non-cognitive Skills, Ability and Education
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (21)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Do selective schooling systems increase inequality?
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72, (1), 1-24 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Selective Schooling Systems Increase Inequality, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2019

2. Intergenerational income mobility: access to top jobs, the low-pay no-pay cycle and the role of education in a common framework
   Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, (2), 501-528 View citations (7)

2018

3. Access to grammar schools by socio-economic status
   Environment and Planning A, 2018, 50, (7), 1381-1385 View citations (4)
4. Does Teaching Children How to Play Cognitively Demanding Games Improve Their Educational Attainment?: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Chess Instruction in England
   Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, (4), 993-1021 View citations (4)

2017

5. Is London Really the Engine-Room? Migration, Opportunity Hoarding and Regional Social Mobility in the UK
   National Institute Economic Review, 2017, 240, (1), R58-R72 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Is London really the engine-room? Migration, opportunity hoarding and regional social mobility in the UK, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2017) View citations (8) (2017)
6. Moving Towards Estimating Sons' Lifetime Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the UK
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (1), 79-100 View citations (33)

2016

7. Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2016, 32, (4), 553-575 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (27) (2016)

2014

8. Intergenerational worklessness in the UK and the role of local labour markets
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66, (3), 871-889 View citations (32)

2013

9. Intergenerational persistence in income and social class: the effect of within-group inequality
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2013, 176, (2), 541-563 View citations (65)

2012

10. The Impact of Fathers' Job Loss during the Recession of the 1980s on their Children's Educational Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes
    Fiscal Studies, 2012, 33, (2), 237-264 View citations (34)

2007

11. Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (519), C43-C60 View citations (290)
    See also Working Paper Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education, School of Economics Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (284) (2007)