Monthly Archives: April 2012

The long term effects of education on health: evidence for Ireland

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

There has been a lot of research on the consequences for people’s health of their level of education. This is important not just because we want to know the determinants of morbidity and mortality but also we want to know … Continue reading →

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Hot profs and student evaluations

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Student evaluations of their teachers are an essential part of higher education. Some academics privately regard them with disdain. Many students also see little value in them since response rates are often quite low (in UCD they are done online … Continue reading →

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Handedness and depression

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

As I expect to be talking on the radio this Friday morning (RTE Radio 1, John Murray show) about handedness, one of my research interests, it seems a good excuse to highlight papers from my back-catalogue that predate this blog. … Continue reading →

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New economics blogs aggregator

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The ever resourceful Christian Zimmerman, well known for his RePEc work, at the St Louis Federal Reserve has set up an Economics Blog Aggregator which aggregates blog posts that discuss economic research. The aggregator looks through blog posts for a … Continue reading →

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European Social Survey: Post-doctoral position in UCD available

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

A post-doctoral position has become available in UCD that may be of interest. The purpose of this role is to assist the National Coordinators of the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 6 in Ireland to implement the survey. The ESS … Continue reading →

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Visitor to the UCD Geary Institute: Anna Zimdars

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

The Tuesday lunchtime seminar in the Geary Institute this week will be given by Dr Anna Zimdars (Kings College London): 1-2pm, all welcome. Admission to Oxford & Admission to the Bar: what is the influence of social background? This seminar … Continue reading →

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The Google Really Advanced Search Engine

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

It’s hard to believe that something as basic as an internet search engine could be so influential yet Google has had a huge impact on people’s use of the internet. Amongst academics, Google Scholar  has been tremendously useful. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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