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Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu – Economics of Education Review, 2011
This paper provides estimates of the impact of higher education qualifications on the earnings of graduates in the U.K. by subject studied. We use data from the recent U.K. Labour Force Surveys which provide a sufficiently large sample to consider the effects of the subject studied, class of first degree, and postgraduate qualifications. Ordinary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Females, Least Squares Statistics
Green, Francis; Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard; Zhu, Yu – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2010
Private schools have historically played an important role in the reproduction of the ruling classes in Britain. They continue to do so, but there is surprisingly little modern research as to how these schools impinge on the economy. In this paper we analyse the role of independent schools in the teachers' labour market. Teacher shortages in…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Teachers, Public School Teachers, Competition