Dr Kathryn Duckworth

  • Qualifications and position:
    • PhD, MSc, BA
    • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Policy and Society
  • Department:
    • Department of Quantitative Social Science
  • Summary:
    • Kathryn's research examines the educational and occupational choices made by young people during the transition to adulthood.
      Her interests lie in exploring the different types of transitions made by individuals as they move out of compulsory schooling and, taking a longitudinal perspective, investigating the precursors, consequences and the contextual constraints that may influence such development.
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  • Research Projects:
    • Kathryn is a Fellow in the PATHWAYS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for the Comparative Study of Productive Youth Development and is currently working with colleagues at the Universities of Jena and Helsinki on issues of entrepreneurial development and track choice.
      She is also working with colleagues from the Centre for Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood (University of Michigan) looking at the long-run correlates of age achievement, attention and behavioural skills in middle childhood and early predictors of maths achievement.
  • Professional Activities:
    • Research Associate, Centre for the Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood, University of Michigan.
      Member of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies and Society for Research in Child Development.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Duckworth, K. & Schoon, I. (27th September, 2011). Who becomes an entrepreneur? Early life experiences as predictors of entrepreneurship. Society for Life Course and Longitudinal Studies: Biennial Meeting • Bielefeld, Germany. September 26 - 28, 2011.

      Duckworth, K. & Schoon, I. (2nd April, 2011). Leaving school early – and making it! Evidence from two British Birth Cohorts. Society for Research on Child Development: Biennial Meeting • Montreal, Canada. March 31 - April 2, 2011.
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • UK (Life Course Studies); UK (Education policy).
  • Languages Spoken:
    • English; German (Intermediate).
  • Languages Written:
    • English
Dr Kathryn Duckworth

Contact details

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • Department of Quantitative Social Science
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 321
    55-59 Gordon Square, WC1H 0NU

Publications

  • Siegler, R. S.; Duncan, G.J.; Davis-Kean, P.E.; Duckworth, K. et al. (under review) 'Precursors of High School Mathematics Achievement', Psychological Science.
  • Schoon, I & Duckworth, K. (under review) Who becomes an entrepreneur? Early life experiences as predictors of entrepreneurship.
  • Crawford, C., Duckworth, K., Vignoles, A. & Wyness, G. (in press) Young people's education and labour market choices aged 16 to 19. London: Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions.
  • Sabates, R.; Duckworth, K. & Feinstein, L. (2011) 'The impact of mothers' learning on their children academic performance at Key Stage 3: Evidence from ALSPAC', Oxford Review of Education. Vol. 37, No 4, pp. 485-504.
  • Ross, A.; Duckworth, K.; Smith, D.J.; Wyness, G. & Schoon, I. (2011) Prevention and Reduction: A review of strategies for intervening early to prevent or reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviour. London: Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions.
    Further information
  • Schoon, I. & Duckworth, K. (2010) 'Leaving school early – and making it! Evidence from two British Birth Cohorts', European Psychologist. Vol. 15, No 4, pp. 283-292.
  • Duckworth, K. & Schoon, I. (2010) 'Progress and attainment during primary school: The roles of literacy, numeracy and self-regulation', Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. Vol. 1, No 3, pp. 223-240.
  • Sabates, R. and Duckworth, K. (2010) 'Maternal schooling and children's relative inequalities in developmental outcomes: Evidence from the 1947 School Leaving Age Reform in Britain.', Oxford Review of Education. Vol. 36, No 4, pp. 445-461.
  • Duckworth, K., Akerman, R., McGregor, A., Salter, E. and Vorhaus, J. (2009) Self regulation: A review of literature. (Report 33). London: Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, Institute of Education. .
  • Duncan, G. J., Dowsett, C. J., Brooks-Gunn, J., et al. (2007) 'School Readiness and Later Achievement.', Developmental Psychology 43 (6), pp. 1428 - 1446.