Institute of Education London

Publications

Selected publications

Dearden, L. (forthcoming) Administrative Data and Economic Policy Evaluation. Economic Record.

Hansen, K. & Machin, S. (forthcoming) Demand for School Quality in the Pre-School Years, DoQSS Working Papers, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Miranda, A. and Rabe-Hesketh, S. (forthcoming) Missing covariates with informative selection. DoQSS Working Papers, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Cho, S.-J. and Rabe-Hesketh, S. (in press). Alternating imputation posterior estimation of models with random effects. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis.

Miranda, A. & Rabe-Hesketh, S. (2010) Missing ordinal covariates with informative selection, DoQSS Working Papers 1016, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London

Dearden, L. (2010) Administrative Data and Economic Policy Evaluation, DoQSS Working Papers 1014, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London

Micklewright, J.,  Schnepf, S. V. & Silva, P. N (2010) Peer effects and measurement error: the impact of sampling variation in school survey data, DoQSS Working Papers 1013, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London

Tzavidis, N. & Brown J. J. (2010) Using M-quantile models as an alternative to random effects to model the contextual value-added of schools in London, DoQSS Working Papers 1011, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Clarke P., Crawford, C., Steele, F. & Vignoles, A. (2010) The choice between fixed and random effects models: some considerations for educational research,  DoQSS Working Papers 1010, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Crawford, C., Dearden, L. & Meghir, C. (2010) When you are born matters: the impact of date of birth on educational outcomes in England, DoQSS Working Papers 1009, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L., Goodman, A. & Vignoles, A. (2010) Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data, DoQSS Working Papers 1008, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Crawford, C., Dearden, L., Mesnard, A., Sianesi, B. & Shaw, J. (2010) Ethnic parity in labour market outcomes for benefit claimants in Great Britain, DoQSS Working Papers 1007, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Foliano, F., Meschi, E. & Vignoles, A. (2010) Why do children become disengaged from school?, DoQSS Working Papers 1006, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Bratti, M. & Miranda, A. (2010) Endogenous Treatment Effects for Count Data Models with Sample Selection or Endogenous Participation, DoQSS Working Papers 1005, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Micklewright, J., Schnepf J. V. & Skinner, C. (2010) Non-response biases in surveys of school children: the case of the English PISA samples, DoQSS Working Papers 1004, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Allen, R. (2010) Does school autonomy improve educational outcomes? Judging the performance of foundation secondary schools in England, DoQSS Working Papers 1002, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Miranda, A. (2010) A double-hurdle count model for completed fertility data from the developing world, DoQSS Working Papers 1001, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Allen, R. & Vignoles, A. (2009) Can school competition improve standards? The case of faith schools in England, DoQSS Working Papers 0904, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Burgess, S., Greaves, E., Vignoles, A. & Wilson, D. (2009) What parents want: school preferences and school choice, DoQSS Working Papers 0901, Department of Quantitative Social Science - Institute of Education, University of London.

Skrondal, A. & Rabe-Hesketh, S. (2009). Prediction in multilevel generalized linear models. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 172 (3) 659-687.

 

Selected presentations

Using Administrative Data to Enhance Longitudinal Research – Lorraine Dearden, Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study Research Forum, Belfast, October 2010

Why do some children become disengaged from school? – Anna Vignoles, Francesca Foliano and Elena Meschi, British Education Research Association Conference, Special session on School effects on pupil outcomes, quantitative methods and applications, University of Warwick, September 2010

The Choice Between Fixed and Random Effects Models: Some Considerations For Educational Research – Anna Vignoles, Claire Crawford, Paula Steele and Paul Clarke, British Education Research Association Conference, Special session on School effects on pupil outcomes, quantitative methods and applications, University of Warwick, September 2010

Measuring School Effectiveness – Lorraine Dearden, John Micklewright and Anna Vignoles, part of the 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival, Oxford, July 2010

Estimating migration flows during the inter-censal period in Northern Ireland by health characteristics measured in the Census – John 'Mac' McDonald, 15th GSS Methodology Conference, London, July 2010.

Misclassification error in language proficiency and pupil achievement in England – Lorraine Dearden, Francesca Foliano, Alfonso Miranda and Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, 15th GSS Methodology Conference, London, July 2010.

Does a good mark affect the well-being of students? Evidence from discontinuities in test scores in England – Marcello Sartarelli, 2nd Meeting of the Danish Microeconometric Network, Kandestederne, June 2010.

Bivariate dynamic probit models for panel data – Alfonso Miranda, 2010 Mexican Stata Users Group meeting, April 2010.

The determinants of non-cognitive and cognitive schooling outcomes – Anna Vignoles and Elena Meschi, Presentation to Department of Children, Schools and Families, London, April 2010.

Post-16 educational choices and institutional value added at Key Stage 5 – Anna Vignoles, Elena Meschi and Claire Crawford, dissemination to Department of Children, Schools and Families, March 2010.

Web-based advice and guidance and widening participation in HE – Anna Vignoles, Presentation to Royal Academy of Engineering, London, February 2010.

Missing covariates with informative selection – Alfonso Miranda and Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Seminar Presentation, Institute of Education, February 2010.

Administrative data and economic policy evaluation – Lorraine Dearden, Australian Economists' Conference, Adelaide, September 2009.

Selection endogenous dummy ordered probit, and selection endogenous dummy dynamic ordered probit models – Massimiliano Bratti and Alfonso Miranda, UK Stata Users Group meeting, September 2009.

Advantages of linked administrative and survey data: examples from educational research – Lorraine Dearden, Informing Public Policy New Agendas for Social Research, London, April 2009.

ADMIN – Administrative Data: Methods, Inference and Network – Lorraine Dearden, NCRM Board Meeting, Medical Research Council, London, April 2009.

Beyond test scores: the role of primary schools in improving multiple child outcomes – Anna Vignoles and Claire Crawford, Geary Institute, Dublin, February 2009.

Students' revealed preferences and ranking of school quality – Marcello Sartarelli, European University Institute, January 2009.

The significance of data management for social survey research – John 'Mac' McDonald, ESRC NCRM ADMIN node, University of Essex, January 2009.

Using quantile regression to explore the distribution of 'contextual value added' across London – Nikos Tzavidis and James Brown, Royal Geographical Society Conference, Manchester, 2009.

The role of economic modelling in influencing government education policy – Anna Vignoles, Longview Conference, Cambridge, 2008.