Add to ORKGRecent 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 significant evidence that the underlying reason for this is the low level of formal schooling of older individuals, possibly due to the lack of free secondary schooling. Moreover we find that formal schooling in Ireland has a bigger effect on literacy outcomes than in either Northern Ireland or Great Britain.
In 1999, the primary curriculum was published in Ireland, with emphases on ‘breadth and balance’, r...
Education matters because it is intrinsically valuable, allowing children and young people to develo...
This paper complements a much larger study of school attendance in pre-famine Ireland by FitzGerald ...
Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international study on l...
Abstract: Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international ...
This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of scho...
This paper complements a much larger study of school attendance in pre-famine Ireland by FitzGerald ...
This thesis examines the effects of schooling on literacy skills using International Adult Literacy ...
This thesis focuses critical attention on the long-standing claim that the Irish population was full...
The OECD’s Survey of Adult Skills (SAS) recently revealed that, on average, literacy and numeracy sk...
In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to exa...
The pursuit of knowledge and the availability of an educational qualification has always been an asp...
Literacy instruction in primary schools in Ireland has fallen on hard times of late. Although the 19...
Education matters because it is intrinsically valuable, allowing children and young people to develo...
This Key Findings report presents summary information on the lives and circumstances of the 20-year-...
In 1999, the primary curriculum was published in Ireland, with emphases on ‘breadth and balance’, r...
Education matters because it is intrinsically valuable, allowing children and young people to develo...
This paper complements a much larger study of school attendance in pre-famine Ireland by FitzGerald ...
Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international study on l...
Abstract: Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international ...
This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of scho...
This paper complements a much larger study of school attendance in pre-famine Ireland by FitzGerald ...
This thesis examines the effects of schooling on literacy skills using International Adult Literacy ...
This thesis focuses critical attention on the long-standing claim that the Irish population was full...
The OECD’s Survey of Adult Skills (SAS) recently revealed that, on average, literacy and numeracy sk...
In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to exa...
The pursuit of knowledge and the availability of an educational qualification has always been an asp...
Literacy instruction in primary schools in Ireland has fallen on hard times of late. Although the 19...
Education matters because it is intrinsically valuable, allowing children and young people to develo...
This Key Findings report presents summary information on the lives and circumstances of the 20-year-...
In 1999, the primary curriculum was published in Ireland, with emphases on ‘breadth and balance’, r...
Education matters because it is intrinsically valuable, allowing children and young people to develo...
This paper complements a much larger study of school attendance in pre-famine Ireland by FitzGerald ...