Blanden, Jo


Dr Jo Blanden  

Department

Position held

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Research Associate

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

University of Surrey

Lecturer in Economics

Experience keywords:

economics of education; family background and educational attainment; intergenerational mobility; persistence of poverty

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Dr Blanden's main research interest concerns how family background influences people's later outcomes. This has included a number of areas, including the impact of parental income on children's educational attainment and the comparison of intergenerational income persistence across countries and over time. She has also undertaken research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the persistence of poverty from childhood and through to middle age.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

USA; UK

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)1483 682770

Publications

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2012

Blanden, Jo and Gregg, Paul and Macmillan, Lindsey (2012) Intergenerational persistence in income and social class: the effect of within-group inequality. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: series A (statistics in society), 176 (2). pp. 541-563. ISSN 0964-1998

2010

Blanden, Jo and Buscha, Franz and Sturgis, Patrick and Urwin, Peter (2010) Measuring the returns to lifelong learning. CEE discussion papers, CEEDP0110. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2009

Blanden, Jo (2009) How much can we learn from international comparisons of intergenerational mobility? CEE discussion papers, CEEDP0111. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2006

Blanden, Jo and Gregg, Paul and Macmillan, Lindsey (2006) Accounting for intergenerational income persistence: non-cognitive skills, ability and education. CEEDP, 73. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Blanden, Jo (2006) The persistence of poverty across generations: a view from two British cohorts. The Policy Press on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781861348531

Gibbons, Stephen and Blanden, Jo (2006) In brief: cycles of disadvantage. Centrepiece, 11 (1). pp. 27-28. ISSN 1362-3761

2005

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2005) New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2004

Blanden, Jo and Gregg, Paul (2004) Family income and educational attainment: a review of approaches and evidence for Britain. CEEDP, 41. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen (2004) Educational inequality and the expansion of UK higher education. Scottish journal of political economy, 51 (2). pp. 230-249. ISSN 0036-9292

Blanden, Jo and Gregg, Paul (2004) Family income and educational attainment : a review of approaches and evidence for Britain. Oxford review of economic policy, 20 (2). pp. 245-263. ISSN 1460-2121

2003

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen (2003) Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain. British journal of industrial relations, 41 (3). pp. 391-415. ISSN 1467-8543

2002

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen (2002) Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain. CEPDP, 553. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Blanden, Jo and Goodman, Alissa and Gregg, Paul and Machin, Stephen (2002) Changes in intergenerational mobility in Britain. CEEDP, 26. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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