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The effect of education participation on youth custody: Causal evidence from England by Dickson, Matt

“…ObjectivesThis paper estimates the effect of continuing in education post-16 on the probability of experiencing youth custody at ages 17 and 18, addressing the…”
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Economic returns to education: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and Where We Are Going—Some brief pointers by Dickson, Matt, Harmon, Colm

“…► We consider briefly the current trends in the literature on economic returns to education including econometric issues. ► We argue that the concept of the…”
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The causal effects of education on health outcomes in the UK Biobank by Davies, Neil M., Dickson, Matt, Davey Smith, George, van den Berg, Gerard J., Windmeijer, Frank

“…Educated people are generally healthier, have fewer comorbidities and live longer than people with less education 1 – 3 . Much of the evidence about the…”
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What determines the return to education: An extra year or a hurdle cleared? by Dickson, Matt, Smith, Sarah

“…► We examine the effect on academic qualifications of two school leaving age rules. ► The 1973 RoSLA affected both qualification attainment and years of…”
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Common health conditions in childhood and adolescence, school absence, and educational attainment: Mendelian randomization study by Hughes, Amanda, Wade, Kaitlin H., Dickson, Matt, Rice, Frances, Davies, Alisha, Davies, Neil M., Howe, Laura D.

“…Good health is positively related to children’s educational outcomes, but relationships may not be causal. Demonstrating a causal influence would strongly…”
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Operations and maintenance optimisation for a 100 MW wave energy farm in Ireland by Giorgi, Simone, Henry, Alan, Kennedy, Ben, Van't Hoff, Joseph, Costello, Ronan, Lourdais, Pierre, Gaviglio, Hervé, Dickson, Matt

“…Marine operations that are required for the development and service of offshore wave energy farms represent a significant proportion of the total project…”
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Employment, family union and childbearing decisions in Great Britain by Aassve, Arnstein, Burgess, Simon, Propper, Carol, Dickson, Matt

“…The paper investigates the life-cycle relationship of work and family life in Britain based on the British Household Panel Survey. Using hazard regression…”
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Early, late or never?: When does parental education impact child outcomes? by Dickson, Matt, Gregg, Paul, Robinson, Harriet

“…We estimate the causal effect of parents' education on their children's education and examine the timing of the impact. We identify the causal effect by…”
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The causal effect of education on wages revisited by Dickson, Matt

“…This study estimates the return to education in Britain using two instrumental variable (IV) estimators: one exploits variation in schooling associated with…”
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A Note on the Wage Effects of the 1972 Raising of the School Leaving Age in Scotland and Northern Ireland by Buscha, Franz, Dickson, Matt

“…In this note, we use the UK Labour Force Survey to estimate the wage return to an additional year of schooling for Scotland and Northern Ireland exploiting the…”
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Do selective schooling systems increase inequality? by Burgess, Simon, Dickson, Matt, Macmillan, Lindsey

“…We investigate the impact on earnings inequality of a selective education system in which school assignment is based on initial test scores. We use a large,…”
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The causal effects of education on adult health, mortality and income: evidence from Mendelian randomization and the raising of the school leaving age by Davies, Neil M, Dickson, Matt, Davey Smith, George, Windmeijer, Frank, van den Berg, Gerard J

“…Abstract Background On average, educated people are healthier, wealthier and have higher life expectancy than those with less education. Numerous studies have…”
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Maternal depressive symptoms and young people's higher education participation and choice of university: Evidence from a longitudinal cohort study by Bowman, Sally, Morris, Tim T, Dickson, Matt, Rice, Frances, Howe, Laura D, Hughes, Amanda M

“…Participation in higher education has significant and long-lasting consequences for people's socioeconomic trajectories. Maternal depression is linked to…”
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The causal effects of health conditions and risk factors on social and socioeconomic outcomes: Mendelian randomization in UK Biobank by Harrison, Sean, Davies, Alisha R, Dickson, Matt, Tyrrell, Jessica, Green, Michael J, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Campbell, Desmond, Munafò, Marcus, Dixon, Padraig, Jones, Hayley E, Rice, Frances, Davies, Neil M, Howe, Laura D

“…Abstract Background We aimed to estimate the causal effect of health conditions and risk factors on social and socioeconomic outcomes in UK Biobank. Evidence…”
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How much does degree choice matter? by Britton, Jack, van der Erve, Laura, Belfield, Chris, Vignoles, Anna, Dickson, Matt, Zhu, Yu, Walker, Ian, Dearden, Lorraine, Sibieta, Luke, Buscha, Franz

“…We use a large and novel administrative dataset to investigate returns to different university ‘degrees’ (subject-institution combinations) in the United…”
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The lifetime earnings premium in the public sector: The view from Europe by Dickson, Matt, Postel-Vinay, Fabien, Turon, Hélène

“…In a context of widespread concern about budget deficits, it is important to assess whether public sector pay is in line with the private sector. Our paper…”
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Estimated effects of health conditions and risk factors on social and socioeconomic outcomes: mendelian randomisation of UK Biobank data by Harrison, Sean, Davies, Alisha R, Dickson, Matt, Tyrrell, Jessica, Green, Michael J, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Campbell, Desmond, Munafò, Marcus, Dixon, Padraig, Jones, Hayley E, Rice, Frances, Davies, Neil M, Howe, Laura D

“…A person's health might influence their ability to attend and concentrate at school, obtain, maintain, and be productive in employment, and maintain wellbeing…”
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The raising of the school leaving age: Returns in later life by Buscha, Franz, Dickson, Matt

“…Using the recently released UK Household Longitudinal Study we examine whether the raising of the school leaving age in 1972 had a permanent impact on earnings…”
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Cool but counterproductive: interactive, Web-based risk communications can backfire by Zikmund-Fisher, Brian J, Dickson, Mark, Witteman, Holly O

“…Paper-based patient decision aids generally present risk information using numbers and/or static images. However, limited psychological research has suggested…”
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The Analysis of Poverty Data with Endogenous Transitions by Burgess, Simon, Propper, Carol, Dickson, Matt

“…It is common to analyse poverty data broken down by household or economic status. Implicitly, it is assumed that people change state (for example, single,…”
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