title: Does Education Matter?: Myths About Education and Economic Growth (Penguin Business)
author:  Alison Wolf 
description: Alison Wolf is Chair of Education at the Institute of Education in London and Programme Director at the Centre for the Economics of Education.
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  PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  
  Does Education Matter?
  
  
  Alison Wolf was educated at the universities of Oxford and Neuchâtel. She then
  lived in the United States, working largely for a federal agency and
  evaluating education policies for the US Congress, but also as a university
  teacher, journalist and researcher. Since returning to the UK, she has been an
  academic and researcher, and has published widely on education and the labour
  market, and on assessment, qualifications and skills. She is currently
  Professor of Education at the University of London’s Institute of Education,
  where she directs the International Centre for Research on Assessment. Alison
  Wolf lives in London and is married with three children.
  
  
  ALISON WOLF
  
  
  # Does Education Matter?
  
  
  Myths about Education and Economic Growth
  
  
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