Widening Participation in Higher Education

Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23384259
AutoresHaroon Chowdry (Institute for Fiscal Studies , London , UK), Claire Crawford (0000-0001-5789-463X, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute of Education , London , UK), Lorraine Dearden (0000-0002-9529-8860, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute of Education , London , UK), Alissa Goodman (Institute for Fiscal Studies , London , UK), Anna Vignoles (0000-0002-9268-212X, Institute of Education , London , UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume176
Fascículo2
Páginas431-457
Data de publicação2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-1998 • E-ISSN: 1467-985X
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-985x.2012.01043.x
OpenAlexW2577722818
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas90
Referências citadas18

The paper makes use of newly linked administrative education data from England to understand better the determinants of participation in higher education (HE) among individuals from low socio-economic backgrounds. The data are unique in being able to follow the population of two cohorts of pupils in England—those who might have entered HE between 2004–2005 and 2006–2007—from age 11 to age 20 years. The findings suggest that, although large differences in HE participation rates and participation rates at high status universities by socio-economic background remain, these differences are substantially reduced once prior achievement is included. Moreover, these findings hold for both state and private school pupils. This result suggests that poor achievement in secondary schools is more important in explaining lower HE participation rates among pupils from low socio-economic backgrounds than barriers arising at the point of entry to HE. These findings are consistent with the need for earlier policy intervention to raise HE participation rates among pupils from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Intervention (counseling) · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Higher Education Research Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Psychology · School Choice and Performance