Research in Public Policy issue 5

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After a sustained period in abeyance, public discussion about the role of selective education in Britain has emerged strongly again over the past few months.This issue of Research in Public Policy features three articles by leading researchers on the impact of grammar schools and selective education more broadly.

We also feature a study of maternal employment and overweight children by Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, for which she was recently awarded the International Health Economics Association prize for the best student paper in health economics.

• Working Mums and Overweight Kids: Is there a link?
• • Podcast interview with author
  • See WP 07/180 (PDF, 226kB)
• Early Years Development:What happens when dad does the childcare?
  • See WP 07/175 (PDF, 1,011kB)
• Knowledge Transfer: The links between university research and business innovation
  • Podcast interview with author
• Keeping up with the Schmidts: The impact of neighbourhoods on personal happiness in Germany
  • See WP 07/173 (PDF, 124kB)
• Selective Education:Who benefits?
  • See WP 06/150 (PDF, 190kB)
• A Ladder of Opportunity? The pupil intake and performance of England’s grammar schools
• Selection versus Comprehensives:Which delivers the best educational outcomes?
  • Full paper
• Widening Access to Grammar Schools: The educational impact in Northern Ireland
  • Full paper

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