Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-05-20)
University tuition fees for undergraduates were abolished in Ireland in
1996. This paper examines the effect of this reform on the socioeconomic
gradient (SES) to determine whether the reform was
successful in achieving ...
This paper applies a unified methodology to multiple data sets to estimate both the levels and trends
in U.S. high school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is
substantially lower ...
Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-06-12)
The widely held view that separation has adverse effects on children has been
the basis of important policy interventions. While a small number of analyses have been concerned with selection into divorce, no studies have ...
Participation rates in higher education differ persistently between some groups in society. Using two British datasets we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, ...
This paper is concerned with the relationship between class size and the student outcome – length of time in post-compulsory schooling. Research on this topic has been problematic partly because omitted unobservables, like ...