Chevalier, Arnaud(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2004-02)
Focussing on recent UK graduates, a wage gap of 12% is found. The unexplained component of the gap is small and a large fraction of the gap can be explained by subject choice, job characteristics, motivation and expectation ...
This paper reports on an Irish study examining first year students’ recollections of their concerns, motivations, level of preparedness and perceived skills on entry to university. The study aims to investigate and understand ...
Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-05)
This paper extends the theory of multinational corporations, identifying three distinct influences of internal trade liberalisation by a group of countries on the level and pattern of inward foreign direct investment (FDI). ...
Within modular degrees it is sometimes possible for students to broaden their education by taking modules from outside their main programme of study. This is one significant aspect of modular degrees which has not been ...
In this chapter, the practical issue of realizing a necessary intelligence quotient for realizing Intelligent User Interfaces (IUIs) on mobile devices is considered. Mobile computing scenarios differ radically from the ...
Walsh, Patrick P.(Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, 1991-11)
This paper gives a general framework for analyzing a trade divergence that runs
across both the New International trade theory and the traditional analysis of export policy. The source of the trade divergence, the motive ...
Differences between early and late Irish-immersion secondary school students are examined, not only in terms of academic outcome and target language ability, but also in terms of attitudes to learning the target language. ...
Background: Problem alcohol use is common among illicit drug users and is associated with adverse health outcomes. It is also an important factor in poor prognosis among drug users with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as it impacts ...
This paper presents a simple model to illustrate the following idea: domestic rivals may be motivated to setup foreign
production in the same country because the replication of each other’s foreign direct investment (FDI) ...