Research and analysis

GCSE attainment and lifetime earnings

This research report estimates the earnings return to grade improvements at GCSE.

Documents

GCSE attainment and lifetime earnings

Schools policy appraisal handbook

Details

The main report uses data from the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) dataset to estimate the earnings return to grade improvements at GCSE.

The estimates are used by the Department for Education in the economic valuation of educational attainment as part of the appraisal process.

The schools policy appraisal handbook provides advice for using valuations of educational attainment in policy appraisal. It covers:

  • social welfare
  • distributional weights
  • productivity
  • growth
  • signalling
  • wellbeing

Updates to this page

Published 9 July 2021

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