Recent developments in the schooling returns literature have focused on exploiting alternative instruments. A number of instruments are available in an Irish dataset, including parental background variables (social class ...
Pollak, Andy(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
Cooperation and exchanges across the Irish border between schools, teachers and
youth groups have seen an extraordinary growth in the past decade, involving
nearly 20% of all schools on the island of Ireland in 2000. ...
Education and Earnings in Europe is based on a two year pan-European research programme and presents an in-depth analysis of the returns to education in Europe. The book begins with a critical review of the literature which ...
Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international study on literacy. In this paper we examine the dataset used in these studies to consider the reason behind the low ranking. We find ...