| Title: |
Human Capital and Labor Market Effects of Elite Schooling in England, Scotland, and Wales: New Causal Evidence from Nonparametric Bounds. Upjohn Institute Working Paper 26-426 |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Zhanhan Yu; Vikesh Amin; Carlos A. Flores; Alfonso Flores-Lagunes (ORCID 0000-0001-7996-7617); Giuseppe Germinario; W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |
| Source: |
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 2026. |
| Availability: |
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 300 South Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4686. Tel: 888-227-8569; Tel: 269-343-4330; Fax: 269-343-7310; Web site: http://research.upjohn.org/upjohn_publications/ |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
74 |
| Publication Date: |
2026 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Foreign Countries; Secondary Schools; Selective Admission; Human Capital; Labor Market; Outcomes of Education; Educational Change; Socioeconomic Influences |
| Geographic Terms: |
United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales) |
| DOI: |
10.17848/wp26-426 |
| Abstract: |
We estimate the causal effect of attending elite schools in England, Scotland, and Wales on human capital and labor market outcomes for cohorts of children from the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. For identification, we employ a nonparametric partial-identification approach that provides bounds on the causal effect by assuming that, on average, there is positive selection into elite school attendance, and that attending an elite school does not worsen average potential human capital or labor market outcomes. The bounds indicate that there could possibly be large education and labor market returns from attending an elite school. However, the bounds are also consistent with smaller effects, including no causal effects of elite schooling at all. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2026 |
| Accession Number: |
ED679149 |
| Database: |
ERIC |