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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)Research on time preference formation and socioeconomic differences in discounting has received little attention to date. This article examines the extent to which early childhood differences emerge in measures of ...
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(University College Dublin, Geary Institute, 2007-01)This paper provides a brief review of the economic rationale for investing in early childhood. It discusses the optimal timing of intervention, with reference to recent work in developmental neuroscience, and asks how ...
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(Irish Economic Association, 2009-04)
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(ACM, 2011)Early stopping typically stops training the first time validation fitness disimproves. This may not be the best strategy given that validation fitness can subsequently increase or decrease. We examine the effects of stopping ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)The internal rate of return to schooling is a fundamental economic parameter that is often used to assess whether expenditure on education should be increased or decreased. This paper considers alternative approaches to ...
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(Institute for the Study of Labor, 2002-02)In this paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in regions that are more advanced in restructuring ...
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(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 ...
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(Springer-Verlag, 2008)Many examples of Location-aware services have been developed in recent years as the enabling technologies mature. However, these services frequently exist in isolation and address specific niche markets. The diversity of ...
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(University College Dublin; Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004)This paper outlines an econometric model of the level of burglary in Ireland between 1952 and 1998. We explain the evolution of the trend in Burglary in terms of demographic factors: in this case the share of young males ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2004-05)This paper outlines an econometric model of the level of burglary in Ireland between 1952 and 1998. We explain the evolution of the trend in Burglary in terms of demographic factors: in this case the share of young males ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)This paper presents the econometric approach to causal modeling. It is motivated by policy problems. New causal parameters are defined and identified to address specific policy problems. Economists embrace a scientific ...
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(Irish Universities Association, 2006)
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(University College Dublin; Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004)This paper provides the first estimates of the effects of handedness on hourly earnings. Augmenting a conventional earnings equation with an indicator of left handedness shows there is a well determined positive effect on ...
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(Springer Science +Business Media, 1999)Los Angeles PARTNERS is a treatment program that uses capitation to shift risk for treatment costs of high utilizers of public mental health services to private community based treatment organizations. This analysis reveals ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1997-08)
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(Elsevier Science, 1999-11)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 ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-03-09)Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence. It draws on and contributes to personality psychology and the psychology of human development. ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. We develop simple analytical ...
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(National Economic and Social Forum, 2006-01)
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(Springer Science + Business Media, 2005-04)Book review.
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