Browsing by Subject "Education--Economic aspects--Ireland"

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Earnings inequality, institutions and the macroeconomy – what can we learn from Ireland’s boom years?

Maitre, Bertrand ; Nolan, Brian ; Voitchovsky, Sarah (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-03)

Rapid economic growth is often expected to lead to increased returns to education and skills and thus to rising wage inequality. Ireland offers a valuable case study, with distinctive wage-setting institutions and exceptional ...
Markets, schools and the convertibility of economic capital : the complex dynamics of class choice

Lynch, Kathleen ; Moran, Marie (Taylor & Francis, 2006-04)

While economic capital is not synonymous with cultural, social or symbolic capital in either its constitutional or organisational form, it nevertheless remains the more flexible and convertible form of capital. The ...