Dr Ricardo Sabates

Biography

Qualifications and Position

• BA MSc Economics; PhD Development Studies
• Senior Lecturer in International Education and Development

Summary

• I have a background in economics. Much of my work concerns on the relationship between education and wider social outcomes such as health and crime. Special interest include the application of quantitative research methods to investigate the strenght in the relationship between education and wider social outcomes in the UK and international contexts.

Professional Activities

• Member of Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
• Editorial Board Member Finanzas Publicas, Mexico

Teaching

• Quantitative research methods; international education, poverty and health; migration and education

Recent and ongoing research

• Inequality in Access to Education (funded by CREATE)
• Uncertainty in Aspirations (funded by the ESRC)
• Access to Education and Child Health in Development Context (funded by The BUPA Foundation)
• Social Benefits of VET for Individuals in a European Context (funded by CEDEFOP)
• The Role of Career Aspirations in the Process of Socioeconomic Attainment for Young People (funded by The Jacobs Foundation)

 Doctoral supervision

• Social protection and school achievement

Sabates, Ricardo, Hossein, Altaf and Lewin, Keith (2013) School drop out in Bangladesh: new insights from longitudinal evidence. International Journal of Educational Development, 33 (3). pp. 225-232. ISSN 0738-0593

Schoon, Ingrid, Gutman, Leslie and Sabates, Ricardo (2012) Is uncertainty bad for you? It depends... New Directions for Youth Development, 135. pp. 65-75. ISSN 1537-5781

Dunne, Mairead, Sabates, Ricardo, Bosumtwi-Sam , Cynthia and Owusu, Andrew (2012) Peer relations, violence and school attendance: analyses of bullying in senior high schools in Ghana. The Journal of Development Studies. ISSN 0022-0388

Lewin, Keith M and Sabates, Ricardo (2012) Who gets what? Is improved access to basic education pro-poor in Sub-Saharan Africa? International Journal of Educational Development, 32 (4). pp. 517-528. ISSN 0738-0593

Sabates, Ricardo, Salter, Emma and Obolenskaya, Polina (2012) The social benefits of initial vocational education and training for individuals in Europe. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 64 (3). pp. 233-244. ISSN 1363-6820

Sabates, Ricardo, Westbrook, Jo and Hernandez-Fernandez, Jimena (2012) The 1977 Universal Primary Education in Tanzania: A historical base for quantitative enquiry. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 35 (1). pp. 55-70. ISSN 1743-727X

Gutman, Leslie Morrison, Schoon, Ingrid and Sabates, Ricardo (2011) Uncertain aspirations for continuing in education: antecedents and associated outcomes. Developmental Psychology. ISSN 0012-1649

Sabates, Ricardo, Harris, Angel L and Staff, Jeremy (2011) Ambition Gone Awry: The Long-Term Socioeconomic Consequences of Misaligned and Uncertain Ambitions in Adolescence. Social Society Quarterly, 92 (4). pp. 959-977. ISSN 0038-4941

Sabates, Ricardo, Duckworth, Kathryn and Feinstein, Leon (2011) The impact of mothers' adult learning on their children's academic performance at Key Stage 3: evidence from ALSPAC. Oxford Review of Education, 37 (4). pp. 485-504. ISSN 0305-4985

Yates, Scott, Harris, Angel, Sabates, Ricardo and Staff, Jeremy (2011) Early Occupational Aspirations and Fractured Transitions: A study of entry into NEET status in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 40 (3). pp. 513-534.

Sabates, Ricardo, Feinstein, Leon and Shingal, Anirudh (2011) Inequality in academic performance and juvenile convictions: An area-based analysis. British Journal of Educational Studies, 59 (2). pp. 143-158. ISSN 0007-1005

Gordon, Charlie, Sabates, Ricardo, Bond, Rod and Wubshet, Tsedey (2011) Women's education and modern contraceptive use in Ethiopia. International Journal of Education, 3 (1). E9. ISSN 1948-5476

Sabates, Ricardo, Harris, Angel L and Staff, Jeremy (2011) Ambition gone awry: the long-term socioeconomic consequences of misaligned and uncertain adolescent ambitions. Social Science Quarterly, 92 (4). pp. 959-977. ISSN 0038-4941

Lewin, Keith and Sabates, Ricardo (2011) Changing Patterns of Access to Education in Anglophone and Francophone Countries in Sub Saharan Africa: Is Education for All Pro-Poor? Project Report. CREATE, Falmer.

Williams, Cathy, Northstone, Kate, Sabates, Ricardo, Feinstein, Leon, Edmon, Alan and Dutton, Gordon N (2011) Visual Perceptual Difficulties and Under-Achievement at School in a Large Community-Based Sample of Children. PLoS ONE, 6 (3). e14772. ISSN 1932-6203

Staff, Jeremy, Harris, Angel, Sabates, Ricardo and Briddell, Laine (2010) Uncertainty in early occupational aspirations: Role exploration or floundering? Social Forces, 89 (2). pp. 659-683. ISSN 0037-7732

Sabates, Ricardo and Duckworth, Kathryn (2010) Maternal schooling and children's relative inequalities in developmental outcomes: Evidence from the 1947 school leaving age reform in Britain. Oxford Review of Education, 36 (4). pp. 445-461. ISSN 0305-4985

Dunne, Mairead, Bosumtwi-Sam, Cynthia, Sabates, Ricardo and Owusu, Andrew (2010) Bullying and School Attendance: A case study of Senior High School Students in Ghana. Project Report. CREATE, , Brighton.

Sabates, Ricardo, Akyeampong, Kwame, Westbrook, Jo and Hunt, Frances (2010) School Drop out: Patterns, Causes, Changes and Policies. Unset. UNESCO.

Sabates, Ricardo (2010) Educational expansion, economic growth and antisocial behaviour: evidence from England. Educational Studies, 36 (2). pp. 165-173. ISSN 0305-5698

Sabates, Ricardo, Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel and Hodgson, Sarah (2010) Closing the Health gap: The role of lifelong learning and social protection. In: Social determinants of health : assessing theory, policy and practice. New Perspectives in South Asian History . Orient Blackswan, Andhra Pradesh, pp. 308-324. ISBN 9788125038922

Jamieson, Anne, Sabates, Ricardo, Woodley, Alan and Feinstein, Leon (2009) The benefits of higher education study for part-time students. Studies in Higher Education, 34 (3). pp. 245-262. ISSN 0307-5079

Lewin, Keith M and Sabates, Ricardo (2009) Who gets what? Is improved access to basic education pro-poor in Sub-Saharan Africa? In: 10th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford.

Little, Angela W and Sabates, Ricardo (2008) Economic globalisation, youth expectations and social class: The case of Sri Lanka. International Journal of Educational Development, 28 (6). pp. 708-722. ISSN 0738-0593

Sabates, Ricardo and Feinstein, Leon (2008) Do income effects mask social and behavioural factors when looking at universal health care provision? International Journal of Public Health, 53 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 1661-8556

Sabates, Ricardo and Feinstein, Leon (2008) Effects of Government Initiatives on Youth Crime. Oxford Economic Papers, 60 (3). pp. 462-483. ISSN 0030-7653

Feinstein, L, Sabates, R, Sorhaindo, A, Rogers, I, Herrick, D, Northstone, K and Emmett, P (2008) Dietary patterns related to attainment in school: the importance of early eating patterns. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62 (8). pp. 734-739. ISSN 1470-2738

Sabates, Ricardo (2008) Educational attainment and Juvenile Crime: Area-Level Evidence Using Three Cohorts of Young People. British Journal of Criminology, 48 (3). pp. 395-409. ISSN 0007-0955