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 ...
Using a dataset that allows consistent cross-country comparisons the non-linearity in a conventional earnings equation is tested with respect to schooling. The findings suggest that the assumption of linearity is not robust ...
This paper produced a rigorous analysis of the human resource interventions which formed an important part of the EU Community Support Framework implemented in Ireland in the period 1994 to 1999. The study investigates the ...
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 ...
This research is concerned with the skills-match between researchers' Ph.D. training
and their subsequent university employment. Self-rated skills-matching is considered in
light of the anchoring vignettes technique. ...
Comparing self-assessed indicators of subjective outcomes such as health, work disability, political efficacy, job satisfaction, etc. across countries or socio-economic groups is often hampered by the fact that different ...