In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in financial incentives to encourage
students to attend school and to improve their academic achievement, graduation rates, and …

When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten
years on its success in making Britain'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an …

The Children's Plan (Department for Children, Schools and Families, 2007a) sets out how
the government will meet its strategic objectives for children, schools and families. The …

This book examines key relationships between material circumstances and crime, and
analyzes the areas of social policy–in particular social security and labour market policy …

There is an achievement gap between children from poor family backgrounds and others;
this is not unique to the UK, but found in all other countries of the OECD. This article …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme
and is available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. Griffiths, Kippin and Stoker bring …

Objective: To examine the impact of single or dual component incentive schemes on health
and social behaviours, in young people. Design: A systematic review. Method: Systematic …

We explore the relative effectiveness of three educational inputs (a cash inccntive for
grades, incentivized peer tutoring, and parental communication) in a randomized field …

Los métodos de análisis de las políticas públicas prestan una creciente atención al análisis
de las teorías del cambio, puesto que este enfoque indaga qué factores concretos …

Background This systematic review is the third and final product of a programme of work
funded by the English Department of Health. The programme is located within the larger …