Latest articles- Perceptions of poverty levels: a long view August 19, 2019 Guest Blogger
- Is truth-seeking inherently conservative? August 16, 2018 Ben Baumberg Geiger
- Does diversity help students learn about inequality? July 2, 2018 Ben Baumberg Geiger
- Latest short posts
- Latest comments
RSS feed
Monthly Archives: November 2013
What are elite universities for?
A perennial question in higher education is whether elite institutions like Oxford and Cambridge are doing enough to recruit people from outside the traditional pool of white private-school kids. Every year we have the same conversation, and reach the same … Continue reading
Posted in Blog posts
Tagged admissions, Cambridge, higher education, Oxford, social mobility
2 Comments
New Evidence on Social Isolation and Mortality
Daniel Goldberg examines a new study establishing the link between social isolation and mortality, and asks what these findings might reveal about the pathways leading to health inequalities. In his 2000 book Bowling Alone, sociologist Robert Putnam famously declared that “[i]f … Continue reading
The Immense Benefit of Applying to One More College – A Natural Experiment
A college degree is more than a wall ornament – it represents immense financial benefits for graduates. These rewards have become even more apparent during the long financial downturn, which have seen widening wage and employment gaps between college graduates … Continue reading
Posted in Blog posts
Tagged education, higher education, natural experiment, testing
Leave a comment
The problem of low pay
Low pay is a huge problem in the UK. Of the 11 million people currently living in poverty, 6 million have jobs. Some of this is due to under-employment – people who work, but can’t get full-time hours – but … Continue reading
Posted in Blog posts
Tagged low pay, low wages, minimum wage, poverty, tax credits, unemployment
8 Comments
