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Kameshwara, K. and Gorman, E. 2025. Forthcoming. Causal Inference . in: Thomas, M., Jules, T., Shields, R. and Schweisfurth, M. (ed.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Method in Comparative and International Education Bloomsbury.

Kameshwara, K., Shields, R. and Sandoval-Hernandez, A. 2024. Decentralisation in School Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from India . The Journal of Development Studies. 60 (1), pp. 67-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2273800

Buscha, F., Gorman, E., Sturgis, P. and Zhang, M. 2023. Ethnic differences in intergenerational housing mobility in England and Wales. Journal of Social Policy. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000570

Gorman, E., Thomson, D., Urwin, P. and Zhang, M. 2023. Education pathways to the labour market for 16-year-olds who struggle to achieve maths and English in General Certificate of Secondary Education. ADRUK 2023 Conference. Swansea University. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2306.

Gorman, E., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., McNeill, B. and Schluter, P.J. 2023. A national multiple baseline cohort study of mental health conditions in early adolescence and subsequent educational outcomes in New Zealand. Scientific Reports. 13 11025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38131-8

Gorman, E. 2023. Does schooling have lasting effects on cognitive function? Evidence from compulsory schooling laws. Demography. 60 (4), pp. 1139-1161. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10875853

Dorsett, R. and Thomson, D. 2023. How incarcerating children affects their labour market outcomes. Journal of Social Policy. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000235

Oppedisano, V., Roy, P., Smith, A., Zhang, M., Lord, P., Marden, R, Style, B. and Dorsett, R. 2023. Evaluation of Year 1 of the Academic Mentoring Programme: Impact Evaluation for Year 11. Evaluation Report: An exploration of impact in Year 11. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/national-tutoring-programme-ntp-academic-mentoring The Education Endowment Foundation.

Buscha, F. and Dickson, M. 2023. Returns to Education: Individuals. in: Zimmermann, K.F. (ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics Springer, Cham Springer.

Buscha, F., Gorman, E. and Sturgis, P. 2023. Selective schooling and social mobility in England. Labour Economics. 81 102336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102336

Dorsett, R., Bowyer, A. and Thomson, D. 2023. The school-to-work transition for young people who experience custody. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. 14 (3), p. 339–357. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795921X16726787156855

Oppedisano, V., Poet, H., Zhang, M., Lord, P., Styles, B. and Dorsett, R. 2022. Evaluation of Year 1 of the Tuition Partners Programme: Impact Evaluation for Primary Schools. Evaluation Report. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/national-tutoring-programme-ntp-tuition-partners The Education Endowment Foundation.

Oppedisano, V., Poet, H, Zhang, M., Dorsett, R., Lord, P and Styles, B 2022. Evaluation of Year 1 of the Tuition Partners Programme: Impact Evaluation Report for Year 11. Evaluation Report: An exploration of impact in Year 11. The Education Endowment Foundation.

Ludwig, S., Herhausen, D., Grewal, D., Bove, L., Benoit, S., de Ruyter, K. and Urwin, P. 2022. Communication in the Gig Economy: Buying and Selling in Online Freelance Marketplaces. Journal of Marketing. 86 (4), pp. 141-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429211030841

Di Pietro, G. 2022. Changes in the study abroad gender gap: A European cross-country analysis. Higher Education Quarterly. 76 (2), pp. 436-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12316

Di Pietro, G. 2022. Does an International Academic Environment Promote Study Abroad? Journal of Studies in International Education. 26 (1), pp. 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315320913260

Saundry, R. and Urwin, P. 2021. Estimating the costs of workplace conflict. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).

Urwin, P. and Maatwk, F. 2021. Profiling successful change in Diversity & Inclusion: Law Firm Case Studies. Black Solicitors Network.

Buscha, F., Gorman, Emma and Sturgis, Patrick 2021. Spatial and social mobility in England and Wales: A sub‐national analysis of differences and trends over time. The British Journal of Sociology. 72 (5), pp. 1378-1393. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12885

Parry, E. and Urwin, P. 2021. Generational Categories: A Broken Basis for Human Resource Management Research and Practice . Human Resource Management Journal. 31 (4), pp. 857-869. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12353

Di Pietro, Giorgio 2021. Changes in Italy's education‐related digital divide. Economic Affairs. 41 (2), pp. 252-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecaf.12471

Gorman, E., Harmon, C., Mendolia, S., Staneva, A. and Walker, I. 2021. Adolescent School Bullying Victimization and Later Life Outcomes. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 83 (4), pp. 1048-1076. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12432

Gorman, Emma and Walker, Ian 2021. Heterogeneous effects of missing out on a place at a preferred secondary school in England. Economics of Education Review. 81 102082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102082

Urwin, P. 2020. Estimating the Economic Impact of Acas Services: April 2018 to March 2019. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).

Buscha, F., Britton, J., Dickson, M., van der Erve, L., Vignoles, A., Walker, I., Waltmann, B. and Zhu, Y. 2020. The earnings returns to postgraduate degrees in the UK. Department for Education.

Urwin, P. and Cerqua, A. 2020. Evaluation of Education and Training Impacts for the Unemployed: Challenges of New Data. Labour Economics. 67 101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101907

Buscha, F. and Urwin, P. 2020. The role of small businesses in employing the unemployed and inactive. in: Saridakis, G. and Cowling, M (ed.) Handbook of Quantitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship Edward Elgar. pp. 139-179

Di Pietro, G. 2020. Changes in socioeconomic inequality in access to study abroad programs: a cross-country analysis. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 66, p. 100465 100465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2019.100465

Gifford, J., Green, M., Young, J. and Urwin, P. 2019. Diversity Management that Works: An evidence-based view. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Bowyer, A., Cerqua, A., Di Pietro, G., Gorman, E. and Urwin, P. 2019. Assessing Factors that Affect the Labour Market Decisions of Young People aged 16 to 24: Research Informing LPC Review of Youth Rates. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-on-minimum-wage-youth-rates Low Pay Commission.

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Di Pietro, G. 2019. Do citizens hold mayors accountable for local conditions? Evidence from Italian municipalities. Local Government Studies. 45 (1), pp. 24-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1530658

Belfield, C., Britton, J., Buscha, F., Dearden, L., Dickson, M., van der Erve, L., Sibieta, A., Vignoles, A., Walker, I. and Zhu, Y. 2018. The impact of undergraduate degrees on early-career earnings. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undergraduate-degrees-labour-market-returns Department for Education.

Urwin, P. 2018. Technical Education in England: Investigating Seven Key Assumptions.

Mora, T., Escardíbul, J.-O. and Di Pietro, G. 2018. Computers and students’ achievement: An analysis of the One Laptop per Child program in Catalonia. International Journal of Educational Research. 92, pp. 145-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2018.09.013

Buscha, F. and Dickson, M. 2018. A Note on the Wage Effects of the 1972 Raising of the School Leaving Age in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 65 (5), pp. 572-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12187

Matthewman, L.J., Nowlan, J. and Hyvönen, K. 2018. Reciprocal peer coaching: A constructivist methodology for enhancing formative assessment strategy in tertiary education. International Coaching Psychology Review. 13 (1), pp. 35-47.

Nowlan, J., Kallis, X. and Balu, K. 2018. Learning, training and development. in: Matthewman, L.J., Rose, A. and Hetherington, A. (ed.) Work Psychology: An Introduction to Human Behaviour in the Workplace Hakijisa, Korea Hakjisa Publisher INC.

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Nowlan, J. and Wright, A. 2018. Motivation and work satisfaction. in: Matthewman, L.J., Rose, A. and Hetherington, A. (ed.) Work Psychology: An Introduction to Human Behaviour in the Workplace Hakijisa, Korea Hakjisa Publisher INC.