Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Contributors xiii
5. Brief Glossary on UK Education Terminology xv
6. PART 1. Introduction
7. Chapter One: Overview 3
8. Chapter Two: The United Kingdom Education System in a Comparative Context 13
9. PART 2. Who Gets More Education?
10. Chapter Three: School and Teacher Effectiveness 39
11. Chapter Four: The Labour Market for Teachers 57
12. Chapter Five: Post-Compulsory Education and Qualification Attainment 71
13. Chapter Six: Educational Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility 99
14. PART 3. Economic Outcomes and Education
15. Chapter Seven: Measuring the Returns to Education 117
16. Chapter Eight: Employers’ Selection Decisions: the Role of Qualifications and Tests 147
17. Chapter Nine: Evidence on the Balance of Supply and Demand for QualifiedWorkers 169
18. PART 4. What Can Education Policy Do?
19. Chapter Ten: Economic Evaluation of Education Initiatives 191
20. Chapter Eleven: Education Policy and the Evidence 217
21. References 227