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• 2020

  Peer effects and social influence in post-16 educational choice

  Battiston, A., Hedges, S., Lazarowicz, T. & Speckesser, S., 2020, London School of Economics, (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP025).

  Research output: Working paper

  • peer group
  • secondary school
  • primary school
  • compulsory education
  • technical education

• Post-18 education – who is taking the different routes and how much do they earn?

  Espinoza Bustos, H., Speckesser, S., McNally, S., Britton, J., Tahir, I. & Vignoles, A., 2020, London School of Economics.

  Research output: Working paper

  • labor market
  • career
  • education

• The long-term impact of improving non-cognitive skills of adolescents: Evidence from an English remediation programme

  De Coulon, A., Vahé, N. & Speckesser, S., 2020, London School of Economics, (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP028).

  Research output: Working paper

  • Remediation
  • Labour Market Effects
  • Robustness
  • Instrumental Variables
  • England
• 2019

  A comparison of earnings related to higher level vocational/technical and academic education

  Espinoza Bustos, H. & Speckesser, S., 2019, London School of Economics, 45 p. (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP019).

  Research output: Working paper

  • technical education
  • qualification
  • secondary school
  • education
  • gender

• Active labour market policies for young people and youth unemployment: An analysis based on aggregate data

  Speckesser, S., Gonzalez Carreras, F. & Kirchner Sala, L., 4 Nov 2019, In: International Journal of Manpower. 40, 8, p. 1510-1534

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Youth Unemployment
  • Active Labour Market Policy
  • Aggregate Data
  • Job Creation
  • Labour Market

• Estimating the impact of Traineeships

  Dorsett, R., Gray, H., Speckesser, S. & Stokes, L., 2019, Department for Education. 106 p. (Research report)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • traineeship
  • apprenticeship
  • trainee
  • evaluation
  • training program

• Inequality in education and labour market participation of young people across English localities: An exploration based on Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data

  Boshoff, J., Moore, J. & Speckesser, S., 2019, 28 p. (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERBRF010).

  Research output: Working paper

  • labor market
  • participation
  • education
  • meals
  • qualification

• The longer the better? The impact of the 2012 apprenticeship reform in England on achievement and labour market outcomes

  Nafilyan, V. & Speckesser, S., 21 Feb 2019, In: Economics of Education Review. 70, 1, p. 192-214

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Apprenticeship
  • Labor Market Outcomes
  • England
  • Drop out
  • Service Sector

• Young people’s education choices and progression to higher education: A comparison of A-Level and Non-A-Level students in Key Stage 5, their subject choices and transitions to university

  Bursnall, M., Naddeo, A. & Speckesser, S., 2019, Institute for Employment Studies, 104 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  • university
  • education
  • pupil
  • student
  • specialization
• 2018

  Embedding Formative Assessment Evaluation report and executive summary

  Speckesser, S., Runge, J., Foliano, F., Bursnall, M., Hudson-Sharp, N., Rolfe, H. & Anders, J., 2018, Education Endowment Foundation. 87 p. (Research Report)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  • evaluation
  • teacher
  • learning
  • internet community
  • e-mail

• Fit for Work: Scoping the feasibility of an impact evaluation

  Gonzalez Carreras, F., Speckesser, S. & Hillage, J., 2018, 35 p. (Research Report; no. 961)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • evaluation
  • illness
  • general practitioner
  • employer
  • employee

• National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage impact assessment: counterfactual research

  Ebell, M., Speckesser, S., Rolfe, H., Bursnall, M. & Naddeo, A., 2018, 98 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • National Minimum Wage
  • Living Wage
  • Impact Assessment
  • Energy Business
  • Wages

• The Geography of New Employment Dynamics in Europe

  Busetti, S., Drufuca, S., Melloni, E., Patrizio, M., Samek Lodovici, M., Vasilescu, C., Barbone, L., Speckesser, S., Hadjivassiliou, K., Marvell, R., Manzoni, C., Green, M., Bruck, A., Gajewski, J., Hillmann, F. & Ślęzak, E., 2018, 97 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  File

  • Employment Dynamics
  • Geography
  • Territorial Cohesion
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Cohesion Policy
• 2017

  An analysis of the duration and achievement of apprenticeships in England

  Bursnall, M., Nafilyan, V. & Speckesser, S., 2017, London School of Economics, 33 p. (Edit Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERBRF004).

  Research output: Working paper

  • Apprenticeship
  • England
  • Apprentices
  • Labor Market Outcomes
  • Personal Characteristics

• Brexit Implications for Employment and Social Affairs: Facts and Figures

  Barbone, L., Green, M., Speckesser, S. & Broughton, A., 2017, 63 p. (Directorate General for Internal Policies; no. IP/A/EMPL/2016-21)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • EU
  • Health Care System
  • social security
  • migration
  • funding

• Peer effects and social influence in post-16 educational choice

  Hedges, S. & Speckesser, S., 2017, London School of Economics, 23 p. (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP008).

  Research output: Working paper

  • secondary school
  • peer group
  • primary school
  • household income
  • education

• Summary Report "Making the PES business case"

  Mosley, H. & Speckesser, S., 2017, 17 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File

  • decision making
  • project management
  • persuasion
  • government agency
  • management

• The longer the better? The impact of the 2012 apprenticeship reform in England on achievement and other outcomes

  Nafilyan, V. & Speckesser, S., 2017, London School of Economics, 44 p. (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP006).

  Research output: Working paper

  • Apprenticeship
  • England
  • Qualification
  • Job Matching
  • Drop out

• Young people in low level vocational education: characteristics, trajectories and labour market outcomes

  De Coulon, A., Hedges, S., Nafilyan, V. & Speckesser, S., 2017, London School of Economics, 37 p. (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP004).

  Research output: Working paper

  • Biography
  • Vocational Education
• 2016

  The absorption of structural and investment funds and youth unemployment: an empirical test

  Tosun, J., Speckesser, S., Jensen, C. & O'Reilly, J., 26 Oct 2016, EU Cohesion Policy: reassessing performance and direction. Regions and Cities. John, B., Peter, B., Sally, H. & Muravska, T. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 151-168

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2015

  Empirical research on Youth Transitions to, and within the labour market: Findings of descriptive and econometric analyses

  Speckesser, S., Anders, J., De Coulon, A., Dorsett, R., Espinoza Bustos, H., Kirchner Sala, L. & Nafilyan, V., 2015, 64 p. (Research Paper; no. 255)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • econometrics
  • empirical research
  • labor market
  • labor statistics
  • labor market trend

• Empirical research on Youth Transitions to, and within the labour market: executive summary

  Speckesser, S. & Kirchner Sala, L., 2015, (Research Paper; no. 255b)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Key Indicators and Drivers of Youth Unemployment

  Hadjivassiliou, K., Laura, K. S. & Speckesser, S., 2015, CROME, University of Brighton, Brighton, 141 p. (STYLE Working Papers; no. WP3.1. ).

  Research output: Working paper

  • youth unemployment
  • driver
  • labor market
  • performance
  • labor market segmentation

• Pay in Europe in different wage-bargaining regimes

  Speckesser, S., Nafilyan, V. & Ledermaier, S., 2015, 108 p. (Research Report)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  • Wage Bargaining
  • European Social Model
  • Collective Agreements
  • Wages
  • Social Inclusion

• Policy Performance and Evaluation: United Kingdom

  Hadjivassiliou, K., Tassinari, A., Speckesser, S., Swift, S. & Bertram, C., 2015, CROME, University of Brighton, Brighton, 56 p. (STYLE Working Papers; no. WP3.3/UK).

  Research output: Working paper

  • EU
  • youth unemployment
  • performance
  • evaluation
  • member state

• The Effectiveness of Policies to combat Youth Unemployment

  Gonzalez Carreras, F., Laura, K. S. & Speckesser, S., 2015, CROME, University of Brighton, Brighton, 66 p. (STYLE Working Papers; no. WP3.2).

  Research output: Working paper

  • Youth Unemployment
  • Active Labour Market Policy
  • Costs
  • Macroeconomics
  • Policy Modeling

• Youth transitions to and within the labour market: A literature review

  Kirchner Sala, L., Nafilyan, V., Speckesser, S. & Tassinari, A., 2015, (Research Paper; no. 255a)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • labor market
  • literature
  • evidence
  • driver
• 2014

  Reasonable Accommodation and Sheltered Workshops for People with Disabilities: Costs and Returns of Investments

  Mallender, J., Liger, Q., Tierney, R., Beresford, D., Eager, J., Speckesser, S. & Nafilyan, V., 2014, 240 p. (Directorate General for Internal Policie; no. IP/A/EMPL/2013-03)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • labor policy
  • disability
  • economic analysis
  • policy
  • cost

• The Youth Contract for 16-17 year olds not in education, employment or training evaluation

  Newton, B., Speckesser, S., Maguire, S., Devins, D. & Bickerstaffe, T., 2014, Department for Education. 142 p. (Research Report; no. 318A)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• The Youth Contract provision for 16- and 17year-olds not in education, employment or training evaluation: Econometric estimates of programme impacts and net social benefits

  Nafilyan, V. & Speckesser, S., 2014, Department for Education. (Research report; no. 318B)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • contract provision
  • econometrics
  • social benefits
  • evaluation
  • funding
• 2013

  An impact analysis of the introduction of National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate

  Behling, F. & Speckesser, S., 2013, 109 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • National Minimum Wage
  • Impact Analysis
  • Apprentices
  • Apprenticeship
  • Earnings Distribution

• Economic, Social, and Personal Outcomes of Vocational Qualifications

  Wiseman, J., Roe, P., Davies, E., Speckesser, S. & Vila-Belda Montalt, J., 2013, (Research Report)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • occupational qualification
  • qualification
  • economics
  • wage
  • compulsory education

• European added value of applying the principle of Equal Pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value

  Khan, U., Rickard, C., Speckesser, S., Ledermaier, S., Broughton, A. & Mallender, J., 2013, European Union. 100 p. (Research Paper)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File

  • equal pay
  • female worker
  • value added
  • European Parliament
  • gender

• Evaluation of Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 - 24 year olds

  Wiseman, J., Roe, P., Parry, E., Newton, B. & Speckesser, S., 2013, (Research Paper; no. 157)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Evaluation of the Impact of Learning below Level 2 in FE

  Wiseman, J., Roe, P., Parry, E., Gloster, R., Foley, B., Speckesser, S., Behling, F. & Vila-Belda Montalt, J., 2013, (BIS Discussion Paper; no. 150)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• The effectiveness and costs-benefits of apprenticeships: Results of the quantitative analysis

  Samek Lodovici, M., Comi, S., Origo, F., Patrizio, M., Torchio, N., Speckesser, S. & Vila-Belda Montalt, J., 2013, European Commission.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• The Effect of Making a Voluntary Labour Market Programme Compulsory: Evidence from a UK Experiment

  Dorsett, R., Smeaton, D. & Speckesser, S., 12 Dec 2013, In: Fiscal Studies. 34, 4, p. 467-489

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Labour Market
  • Active Labour Market Programmes
  • Random Assignment
  • Experiment
  • Unemployment

• The Immigrant Workforce in Germany: Formal and Informal Barriers to Addressing Skills Deficits

  Speckesser, S., 2013, 31 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File

  • deficit
  • Federal Republic of Germany
  • immigrant
  • training program
  • labor market
• 2012

  Estimating the labour market returns to qualifications gained in English Further Education using the Individualised learner Record (ILR)

  Buscha, F., Urwin, P., Thomson, D., Bibby, D., Knight, T. & Speckesser, S., 2012, (Research Report)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Occupational Hygiene at the Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village: Can workplace health management be cost effective?

  Tyres, C., Speckesser, S., Hicks, B., Baxter, K., Gilbert, M. & Ball, E., 2012, Institute for Employment Studies. 90 p. (Research Report; no. 497)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File

  • Olympic Games
  • hygiene
  • workplace
  • village
  • health

• Sector Skills Insights: Energy

  Speckesser, S., Hillage, J., Hogarth, T., Ni Luanaigh, A. & Garrett, R., 2012, 87 p. (Evidence Report; no. 5)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • utility sector
  • economy
  • energy

• The UK: Longer Labour Market transitions and Deskilling

  Hadjivassiliou, K., Higgins, T., Rickard, C. & Speckesser, S., 2012, Precarious Work and High-Skilled Youth in Europe. Samek Lodovici, M. & Semenza, R. (eds.). Franco Angeli

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review