Research in Public Policy Issue 10

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The new government faces the challenge of raising educational standards in the face of at best static budgets. Three articles in the latest issue of Research in Public Policy (published by the Centre for Market and Public Organisation, CMPO) provide evidence on the impact of school choice, of closing failing schools and of allowing new schools to enter the educational marketplace – as with the proposed ‘free schools.

Also in this issue, new research is finding compelling evidence that the benefits of investments in foetal and early childhood health extend into adulthood and even – through mothers – into the next generation.

This bulletin features the following articles:

• Replicating Swedish 'free school' reforms in England - Rebecca Allen (PDF, 74kB)
• A silver lining to natural disasters: what happened to student evacuees from Hurricane Katrina? - Bruce Sacerdote (PDF, 80kB)  Listen to the podcast -
• School choice: what do parents want? - Deborah Wilson (PDF, 91kB)
• Politics and tax levels: evidence from American states - Leandro de Magalhaes and Lucas Ferrero (PDF, 109kB)
• Measuring diversity in England's schools: a new web resource - Simon Burgess (PDF, 219kB) - Listen to the podcast
• Research evidence on early life health - Sonia Bhalotra (PDF, 49kB)
• The scourge of Asian flu: effects of in utero exposure - Elaine Kelly (PDF, 125kB)
• The intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries - Sonia Bhalotra and Samantha Rawlings (PDF, 51kB)
• Air quality in early childhood: the impact on later life outcomes - Peter Nilsson (PDF, 55kB)
• The effect of maternal fasting during pregnancy - Douglas Almond and Bhashkar Mazumder (PDF, 41kB)
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To listen to an audio interview with the author, visit: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmpo/audio