Author: Blanden, Jo and Gregg, Paul
Pages: 35
Year: 2004
Source: LSE
It is widely recognised that, on average, children from poorer backgrounds have worse educational outcomes than their better off peers. There is less evidence on how this relationship has changed over time and, indeed, what exactly leads to these inequalities. In this paper we demonstrate that the correlation between family background (as measured by family income) and educational attainment has been rising between children born in the late 1950s and those born two decades later.
Web link: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/333/
