This article suggests that the unequal presence at good schools between advantaged and less-advantaged households is driven more by proximity based admissions criteria than differences in parents' preferences for particular school characteristics.
Authors
![Ellen Greaves](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Ellen%20Greaves.jpg?itok=J-3p-Hxf)
Research Fellow University of Bristol
Ellen, who was a Senior Research Economist at IFS and is now a Research Fellow, is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Anna Vignoles
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Simon Burgess
Comment details
- Publisher
- The Conversation
Suggested citation
S, Burgess and E, Greaves and A, Vignoles. (2014). Scrap school admissions policies based on postcode – they entrench inequality [Comment] The Conversation. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/scrap-school-admissions-policies-based-postcode-they-entrench-inequality (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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