Research on education mobility by Matt Dickson and Paul Gregg reported by the BBC
23 January 2013
Dr Matt Dickson was interviewed live in the studio at BBC Radio Bristol for their breakfast programme and the research was also reported on the BBC news website. The feature was also covered in the Daily Mail online and interviews with Matt Dickson were also held on Heart FM and Jack FM.
The research shows that parents who stay in school longer have children who also do better at school - from pre-school assessment right through to GCSE exams. It is often difficult to know whether this is simply because the children of more educated parents inherit abilities that mean they also do well in school or whether it is the extra parental education itself that leads to their children also doing well. However, this research by Prof Paul Gregg and Dr Matt Dickson undertaken jointly at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy (University of Bath) and Centre for Market and Public Organisation (University of Bristol), shows that requiring parents to increase their education does indeed lead to an increase in their children’s attainment throughout their school career.
The working paper ‘ Early, Late or Never? When does parental education impact child outcomes?’ was published on 16 January 2013.
