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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

Devereux, Paul J.; Black, Sandra E.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …

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Fast times at Ridgemont High? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births

Devereux, Paul J. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2004

Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...

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The Economic Return to Education

Walsh, B. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1998

education to economic growth at the macro level. In this part I shall discuss the evidence of the importance of eduaction - or …. The second topic I wish to develop is the measurement of the return to education at the level of theindividual. In my …

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Winners and Losers on the Roller-Coaster: Ireland, 2003-2011

Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2013

This paper applies the methodology of Ravallion and Chen in calculating growth incidence curves for Ireland over the 2003-2011 period, using measures of equivalised disposable income from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). These curves provide an indication of growth at different...

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Health and Wealth on the Roller-Coaster: Ireland, 2003-2011

Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2013

This paper reviews developments in income and health poverty in Ireland over the 2003-2011 period using data from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). It also examines developments in the correlation between the two. Income poverty fell up to and including 2009, after which this...

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Reference dependent financial satisfaction over the course of the Celtic Tiger : a panel analysis utilising the Living in Ireland Survey 1994-2001

Delaney, Liam; Newman, Carol; Nolan, Brian - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2006

The link between income and subjective satisfaction with one’s financial situation is explored in this paper using a panel analysis of 4,000 individuals tracked through the course of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ boom period, 1994-2001. The impact of the level of individual and household income, the...

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Reference dependent financial satisfaction over the course of the Celtic Tiger : a panel analysis utilising the Living in Ireland Survey 1994-2001

Delaney, Liam; Newman, Carol; Nolan, Brian - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2006

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Revisiting the cost of children : theory and evidence from Ireland

Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2009

In this paper, we suggest a collective model with parents and (young) children. We identify and estimate scale economies in households and the sharing rule between husband, wife and children. While adult shares and economies of scale are identi?ed thanks to the estimation of individual Engel...

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New methods for Comparing Literacy across Populations: Insights from the Measurement of Poverty.

Denny, K. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2000

This paper analyses levels of low literacy across twelve countries using the International Adult Literacy Survey. We go beyond existing work that looks at the proportions below certain critical level of literacy. Using methods developed for the measurement of poverty we calculate measures of...

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Monetary Data and Proxy GDP Estimates : Ireland 1840-1921.

O'Rourke, K - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1997

The paper collects the available Irish banking statistics from 1840 to 1921, and uses these to speculate about trends in living standards during the period. In particular, it estimates a velocity function for five countries using annual data from 1876 to 1913. It then uses this function to...

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