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Chiara Cavaglia.

Chiara Cavaglia

Research Economist - CVER

Expertise: labour economics, economics of education

Telephone:
020 7955 3578
Email:
c.cavaglia@lse.ac.uk
Room:
SAL 2.05 D
Connect:
Twitter
Website
Links:
CEP Education and Skills
Centre for Vocational Education Research

Biography

Dr Chiara Cavaglia is a research economist at the Centre for Economic Performance and at the Centre for Vocational Education Research at the London School of Economics. She works on projects on education and skills, and specifically on vocational education. She obtained her PhD in economics at the University of Essex.

Current areas of research include:

  • Labour market crises and young people
  • Education Undermatch
  • Workplace training and apprenticeships
  • Adult education

Publications

CVER Research Papers
The mismatch earnings penalty

We disentangle the relationship between student ability, course quality and the match between the two on earnings, estimating the first mismatch parameter in the literature. Using administrative data on all state-educate... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Lindsey Macmillan, Konstantina Maragkou, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness

11 November 2024

CentrePiece - The magazine of the Centre for Economic Performance
The recent evolution of apprenticeships

The quality of apprenticeships in England has improved in recent years, but take-up has dropped. Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura show how these changes mean that those from disadvantaged neighbourho... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

21 February 2023

Blog
The Recent Evolution of Apprenticeships

While the number of apprenticeship starts in England has reduced dramatically in recent years, policy changes have likely improved their average quality. Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Gu Ventura discuss the evoluti... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

08 December 2022

CVER Research Papers
The Recent Evolution of Apprenticeships: participation and pathways

The number of apprenticeship starts in England has reduced dramatically in recent years following government reforms and the COVID-19 pandemic. The composition has also shifted from almost complete domination by low and ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

08 December 2022

Blog
Retraining: which are the best policies for getting people back to work?

Many people are expected to lose their jobs in the aftermath of the pandemic. Retraining will be one important way to get them back into work. Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela show there is a good... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

03 June 2021

CVER Research Papers
Gender, achievement, and subject choice in English education

In common with other OECD countries, there is a gender gap in educational achievement in England favouring girls. This carries through to tertiary education. On the other hand, boys are far more likely to engage in STEM ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

20 October 2020

Journal article
Job polarization and the declining quality of knowledge workers: Evidence from the UK and Germany

Across the developed world, employment has polarized clearly by occupation, but changes to the wage structure have been harder to interpret. We examine changes to the wage structure in the UK and Germany, two countries w... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia and Ben Etheridge

01 October 2020

Journal article
Devolving skills: the case of the apprenticeship grant for employers

One rationale for devolution is that local decision makers may be well placed to adapt national policies to the local context. We test whether such adaptation helps meet programme objectives in the case of the Apprentice... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Henry G. Overman

01 August 2020

Journal article
Do apprenticeships pay? Evidence for England

The importance of apprenticeships for early labour market transitions varies across countries and over time. In recent times, there has been a policy drive to increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

01 April 2020

Journal article
Gender, achievement, and subject choice in English education

In common with other OECD countries, there is a gender gap in educational achievement in England favouring girls. This carries through to tertiary education. On the other hand, boys are far more likely to engage in STEM ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

01 February 2020

CVER Research Papers
Devolving Skills: The case of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers

One rationale for devolution is that local decision makers may be well placed to adapt national skills’ policies to the local context. We test whether such adaptation helps meet programme objectives in the case of the A... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Henry G. Overman

06 March 2019

Blog
Devolution at any cost?

Since the introduction of the apprenticeships levy in April 2017, local leaders up and down the country have relentlessly called for it to be devolved. The rationale is that local leaders know better than the central gov... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Henry G. Overman

06 March 2019

CEP industrial strategy
Do Apprenticeships Pay? Evidence for England

The importance of apprenticeships for early labour market transitions varies across countries and over time. In recent times, there has been a policy drive to increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

07 September 2018

CVER Research Papers
Do apprenticeships pay? Evidence for England

The importance of apprenticeships for early labour market transitions varies across countries and over time. In recent times, there has been a policy drive to increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

07 September 2018

Blog
Does starting an apprenticeship boost young people’s earnings?

Apprenticeships feature in the vocational education systems of many countries, although their popularity varies widely. They are especially prevalent in countries like Austria, Germany and Switzerland and virtually absen... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

07 September 2018

CentrePiece - The magazine of the Centre for Economic Performance
Is there a payoff to apprenticeships for young people?

As part of an effort to transform the UK’s post-16 educational landscape, the government is aiming for a massive increase in the number of apprenticeships. Research by Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventur... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

01 March 2018

Blog
Do apprenticeships pay?

The government aims to massively increase the number of apprenticeships and to make this a more important part of the post-16 educational landscape. In our research - published today by the Sutton Trust - we investigate ... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

30 November 2017

CVER Research Papers
Apprenticeships for Young People in England: Is there a Payoff?

In recent times, there has been a policy drive to increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in England. In this paper we examine the characteristics of young people who start an apprenticeship and we look... Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

30 November 2017

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