TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Buscha, Franz
AU  - Gorman, Emma
AU  - Sturgis, Patrick
        TI  - Selective Schooling Has Not Promoted Social Mobility in England
        PY  - 2021/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14640
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14640
        AB  - In this paper we use linked census data to assess whether an academically selective schooling system promotes social mobility, using England as a case study. Over a period of two decades, the share of pupils in academically selective schools in England declined sharply and differentially by area. Using a sample of census records matched to administrative data on selective system schooling within local areas, we exploit temporal and geographic variation to estimate the effects of the selective schooling system on absolute and relative social class mobility. Our results provide no support for the contention that the selective schooling system increased social mobility in England, whether considered in absolute or relative terms. The findings are precisely estimated and robust to a comprehensive battery of robustness checks.
        KW  - grammar schools
KW  - selective schooling
KW  - social mobility
        ER  -