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Anna Vignoles is affiliated with the Leverhulme Trust in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans across various subfields including education, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, safety research, and demography. The research topics covered include intergenerational and educational inequality studies, poverty, education and child welfare, higher education research studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, global educational reforms and inequalities, fiscal policy and economic growth, and school choice and performance.

Recent publications by Anna Vignoles highlight their focus on education and labor economics. Notable papers include:

  • Understanding higher education access: Inequalities and early learning in low and lower-middle-income countries, 2021, British Educational Research Journal
  • How much does degree choice matter?, 2022, Labour Economics
  • Does college level the playing field? Socioeconomic gaps in the earnings of similar graduates: evidence from South Korea, 2021, Higher Education
  • The relationship between educational television and mathematics capability in Tanzania, 2020, British Journal of Educational Technology
  • What is the economic value of literacy and numeracy?, 2020, IZA World of Labor

Anna Vignoles frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Sonia Ilie, Pauline Rose, Jack Britton, Laura van der Erve, and Chris Belfield. Their joint work contributes to the diverse research topics and publications across various respected venues.

Publication venues where Anna Vignoles has contributed include:

  • British Educational Research Journal
  • Labour Economics
  • Higher Education
  • British Journal of Educational Technology
  • IZA World of Labor

Best Publications

  • The incidence and effects of overeducation in the U.K. graduate labour market

    Peter Dolton;Anna Vignoles

  • Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data

    Haroon Chowdry;Claire Crawford;Lorraine Dearden;Alissa Goodman

  • What parents want: school preferences and school choice

    Simon M Burgess;Ellen J Greaves;Anna F Vignoles;Deborah J Wilson

  • Measuring and assessing the impact of basic skills on labour market outcomes

    Steven McIntosh;Anna Vignoles

  • The Returns to Academic and Vocational Qualifications in Britain

    Lorraine Dearden;Steven McIntosh;Michal Myck;Anna Vignoles

  • The determinants and labour market effects of lifelong learning

    Andrew Jenkins;Anna Vignoles;Alison Wolf;Fernando Galindo-Rueda

  • Educational inequality: the widening socio‐economic gap

    Stephen Machin;Anna Vignoles

  • Overeducation and Skills - Clarifying the Concepts

    Francis Green;Steven McIntosh;Anna Vignoles

  • Widening participation in higher education: analysis using linked administrative data: Widening Participation in Higher Education

    Haroon Chowdry;Claire Crawford;Lorraine Dearden;Alissa Goodman

  • Geography, choice and participation in higher education in England

    Stephen Gibbons;Anna Vignoles

  • The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools: Understanding the Changing Role of Ability

    Fernando Galindo-Rueda;Anna Vignoles

  • Is children’s free school meal ‘eligibility’ a good proxy for family income?

    Graham Hobbs;Anna Vignoles

  • How English domiciled graduate earnings vary with gender, institution attended, subject and socio-economic background

    Jack Britton;Lorraine Dearden;Neil Shephard;Anna Vignoles

  • The Utilization of Education and Skills: Evidence from Britain

    Francis Green;Steven McIntosh;Anna Vignoles

  • Who Gets the Top Jobs? The Role of Family Background and Networks in Recent Graduates' Access to High-status Professions

    Lindsey Macmillan;Claire Tyler;Anna Vignoles

  • The Choice between fixed and random effects models: some considerations for educational research

    Paul Clarke;Claire Crawford;Fiona Steele;Anna Vignoles

  • What should an index of school segregation measure

    Rebecca Allen;Anna Vignoles

  • The case against education: why the education system is a waste of time and money

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  • Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality

    Claire Crawford;Paul Gregg;Lindsey Macmillan;Anna Vignoles

  • Mental Health of Parents and Life Satisfaction of Children: A Within-Family Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Well-Being

    Nattavudh Powdthavee;Anna Vignoles

  • Researching the Links between School Resources and Student Outcomes in the UK: A Review of Issues and Evidence

    Rosalind Levacic;Anna Vignoles

  • The Relationship Between Resource Allocation and Pupil Attainment: A Review

    Anna Vignoles;Rosalind Levacic;James Walker;Stephen Machin

  • What Should an Index of School Segregation Measure? CEE DP 60.

    Rebecca Allen;Anna Vignoles

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorraine Dearden
Lorraine Dearden University College London
Simon Burgess
Simon Burgess University of Bristol
Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science
John Micklewright
John Micklewright University College London
Peter Dolton
Peter Dolton University of Sussex
Diane Reay
Diane Reay University of Cambridge
Francis Green
Francis Green University College London
Hilary Graham
Hilary Graham University of York
Ian Walker
Ian Walker Lancaster University
Frank J. Kelly
Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London

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