It's a well-known fact that Essex is blessed with an excellent choice of schools, in both the public and private sectors. And thanks to some research published a couple of years ago by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, the link between schools and house prices is now a proven fact.

This article was published by the Essex Chronicle on August 12, 2015
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Valuing school quality using boundary discontinuities, Stephen Gibbons, Stephen Machin and Olmo Silva, Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 75, May 2013, Pages 15-28
Big ideas: valuing schooling through house prices, Steve Gibbons. Article in CentrePiece Volume Autumn 2012
'Valuing School Quality Using Boundary Discontinuities', Stephen Gibbons, Stephen Machin, Olmo Silva, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No.132, January 2012
'Houses and Schools Valuation of School Quality through the Housing Market. EALE 2010 Presidential Address', Stephen Machin, Centre for Economic Performance Occasional Paper No.29, May 2011

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Stephen Gibbons webpage
Stephen Machin webpage
Olmo Silva webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage