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Gibbons, Steve; McNally, Sandra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

income devoted to education would make much of a difference, they ask what is the ideal balance of spending between early … years, primary and secondary education. They conclude that there is no compelling case to support a transfer of resources … from later stages of education to early years: early years investment may offer higher returns, but the returns erode …

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In brief: Urban schools: does money make a difference?

Gibbons, Steve; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

This research paper is motivated by a long tail at the bottom of the educational distribution, educational inequality between those from high and low socio-economic groups and the question as to what role an increase in school resources has in changing all this. The issue about whether investing...

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The Effects of Resources Across School Phases: A Summary of Recent Evidence

Gibbons, Stephen; McNally, Sandra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

This report provides an overview and discussion of the past decade of academic evidence on the causal effects of resources in schooling on students' outcomes. Early evidence lacked good strategies for estimating the effects of schools resources, leading many people to conclude that spending more...

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#ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election

Azmat, Ghazala; Bell, Brian; Colmer, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

Please see the CEP #ElectionEconomics report(Paper 1)and the Executive Summary (Paper 2) that cover all the election 2015 briefings, discussing the research evidence on 15 of the UK's key policy battlegrounds: immigration, austerity, real wages and living standards, productivity and business,...

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Schools: The Evidence on Academies, Resources and Pupil Performance

McNally, Sandra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

England's performance in international tests of student achievement continues to be disappointing. Further improvement is essential not only for students' themselves but also for economic growth. This briefing considers the impact of Academies, school spending and teacher quality. Research...

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