Who actually goes to university?

Access to higher education (HE) is a major policy issue in England and Wales. There is concern that children from lower socio-economic backgrounds are far less likely to get a degree. We analyse the changing association between socio-economic background and the likelihood of going to university, using data from the Youth Cohort Study (YCS), spanning the period 1994–2000. We find evidence of substantial social class inequality in HE participation but conclude that this is largely due to education inequalities that emerge earlier in the education system. Conditional on GCSE and A level performance, we find no additional role for socio-economic background or parental education in determining pupils’ likelihood of going to university.     

从亚当·斯密到严复

亚当·斯密最有影响的经济理论是经济自由主义,严复推崇他的观点,两人在反对政府干预、反对垄断、自由贸易等方面达成共识.但因为当时中国缺乏经济自由主义推行的市场竞争条件,所以严复的主张未能在中国得以实施,也干扰了他对亚当·斯密一些观点的理解.本文认为如何处理政府干预与经济自由的关系,对社会主义市场经济建设具有现实意义.