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Can education compensate low ability? : Evidence from british data

Denny, Kevin (contributor); O'Sullivan, Vincent (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002167861

Education. earning and skills : a multi-country comparison

Denny, Kevin (contributor); Harmon, Colm (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002023948

Education policy reform and the return to schooling from instrumental variables

Denny, Kevin; Harmon, Colm - 2000 - Version 2.10

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537943

Functional literacy, educational attainment and earnings : evidence from the International Adult Literacy Survey

Denny, Kevin; Harmon, Colm; Redmond, Sandra - 2000 - Version 4.01

In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings. The IALS surveys 12 OECD countries and sub-regions via a consistent questionnaire and includes a number of tests of numeracy and literacy, as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538521

The impact of education and training on the labour market experiences of young adults

Denny, Kevin; Harmon, Colm - 2000 - Version 2.01

This paper uses pooled cross-section data on recent school leavers in Ireland to model the determinants of labour market status and wages for young adults. Firstly we use a multinomial logit model to analyze whether individuals exit school to employment, unemployment or higher education. Family...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538525

The effect of abolishing university tuition costs : evidence from Ireland

Denny, Kevin - 2011

educational equality that is improving the chances of low socio-economic status (SES) students progressing to university. It finds … differential performance at second level. Students from white collar backgrounds do significantly better in their final second … level exams than the children of blue-collar workers. The results are very similar to recent findings for the UK. The …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908884