… In this paper, we estimate returns to schooling for Ireland using both OLS and IV approaches.
Two types of instrument are available to us in the data: instruments based on parental …

… -squares (OLS) estimates of the return to schooling. First, in an optimizing investment model
… between schooling and its return, which would imply that OLS estimates of the rate of return …

… Here we adopt a more formal multivariate framework to further examine trends over time
in the economic returns to schooling in Ireland. We use a standard wage equation framework …

… The economic returns to schooling are estimated using comparable … Considerable variation
in rates of return is found across … mother's education on female wages fails in Poland, Ireland …

… at the economic returns to different fields of study in Ireland in … on completion of higher
education, in the Irish labour market. … returns vary across the earnings distribution. The impact that …

… , but returns to qualiŪcations obtained by those leaving school at about 16 years of age rose.
We argue that the increased return to university education … nature of the Irish labour market. …

… to earnings inequality and the returns to education in Ireland between 1987 and 1997. We
… into the Irish labour market between 1994 and 1997. We develop a model of the Irish labour …

… This chapter has examined the relationship between economic growth and education. The
first part has drawn a link between education and earnings, and established that higher levels …

… This paper shall focus on this issue, looking at the returns to education in four European
countries, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the UK in relation to the tax-transfer system. Traditionally …

… Thus, postschool transitions have assumed an increasing importance in the policy agenda.
This report presents the findings of the Leaving School in Ireland study, a mixed methods …