Browsing Geary Institute Working Papers by Author "Devereux, Paul J."

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Forced to be rich? Returns to compulsory schooling in Britain

Devereux, Paul J. ; Hart, Robert A. (Institute for the Study of Labor, 2008-01)

Do students benefit from compulsory schooling? Researchers using changes in compulsory schooling laws as instruments have typically estimated very high returns to additional schooling that are greater than the corresponding ...
From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes

Devereux, Paul J. ; Black, Sandra E. ; Salvanes, Kjell G. (University College Dublin, Geary Institute, 2007-06)

Lower birth weight babies have worse outcomes, both short-run in terms of one-year mortality rates and longer run in terms of educational attainment and earnings. However, recent research has called into question whether ...
Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E. ; Devereux, Paul J. ; Salvanes, Kjell G. (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-05)

A variety of public campaigns, including the “Just Say No” campaign of the 1980s and 1990s that encouraged teenagers to “Just Say No to Drugs”, are based on the premise that teenagers are very susceptible to peer influences. ...