?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Choice-based+secondary+school+admissions+in+England%3A+social+stratification+and+the+distribution+of+educational+outcomes&rft.creator=Allen%2C+Rebecca&rft.description=This+thesis+uses+the+cohort+of+2005+school-leavers+in+the+National+Pupil+Database+to+present+an+economic+analysis+of+the+effects+of+secondary+school+admissions+in+England+on+pupil+sorting+and+achievement.+The+first+part+of+the+thesis+exploits+the+availability+of+pupil+postcodes+to+examine+the+impact+of+current+school+admissions+arrangements+on+residential+and+school+stratification.+It+produces+data+from+a+thought+experiment+whereby+pupils+currently+in+schools+are+reallocated+to+a+new+school+based+strictly+on+proximity+to+school.+Through+this+simulation+the+role+of+the+housing+market+in+producing+socially+stratified+schooling+can+be+identified.+A+survey+of+school+admissions+policies+is+used+to+show+that+religious+(and+to+a+lesser+extent+Foundation)+schools+have+intakes+that+are+signifcantly+more+advantaged+than+their+local+neighbourhood%2C+and+that+they+achieve+these+intakes+through+the+use+of+explicit+potentially+selective+admissions+criteria.+The+second+part+of+the+thesis+adds+to+evidence+on+whether+policies+intended+to+increase+parental+choice+raise+pupil+achievement+via+competition+between+schools.+Quantitative+evidence+on+school+competition+in+England+is+evaluated+alongside+the+existing+international+literature.+A+regression+discontinuity+design+is+employed+to+examine+the+legacy+effects+of+the+Grant-Maintained+schools+policy+on+area-wide+educational+outcomes+at+age+16.+Pupil+fixed-effects+test+score+growth+models+and+historical+instrumental+variables+are+used+to+identify+the+causal+impact+of+religious+schools+on+their+neighbouring+schools.+This+econometric+analysis+fails+to+lend+support+to+claims+that+encouraging+schools+to+compete+for+pupils+is+a+route+to+improving+standards.+The+thesis+concludes+that+the+current+English+secondary+school+arrangements+have+resulted+in+a+system+that+is+stratified+and+inequitable%2C+without+measurable+efficiency+gains+induced+by+competition+between+schools+for+pupils.&rft.publisher=Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Other&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London+(2008)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10000632%2F1%2FAllen_2008_thesis_with_corrections.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10000632%2F&rft.rights=open