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New evidence on class size effects
A paper I co-authored with Veruska Oppedisano (London Metropolitan University) has just been published in Labour Economics. Its gated (but obviously worth $31.50 of which I won’t get a red cent). Abstract This paper estimates the marginal effect of class … Continue reading
Lecturer’s fluency can make students over-confident
I found the study below fascinating and not just because it gives me an excuse to be less than fluent when I’m teaching. Appearances can be deceptive: instructor fluency increases perceptions of learning without increasing actual learning S K Carpenter … Continue reading
Progression to third level, early school leaving and fee vs. non-fee paying schools
It’s not often that the first thing you hear when you turn the radio on in the morning is educational statistics. But such was the case today as the media here in Ireland headlined two statistical releases by the Department … Continue reading
Preventing Youth Violence and School Dropout: striking new evidence
Finding reliable evidence of social policy interventions can be hard. This is because non-experimental evaluations can be difficult to interpret or difficult to generalise from. Experimental evaluations, the so-called gold-standard method of evaluating, are difficult to do for a variety … Continue reading
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Tagged CBT, interventions, policy, RCT, teenagers, violence, youth
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Higher CAO points required? Not such a problem
The Leaving Cert results are out tomorrow and school leavers around Ireland are on tenterhooks as their results will have a huge effect on their future. For non- Irish readers the Leaving is the national school leaving exam which, through … Continue reading
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Should we have (more) bonus points for mathematics? Some skeptical thoughts
We hear a lot about the “maths crisis” in Ireland. Much of it is generated by our relatively low scores in the PISA tests (about which I have tried to sound a caution) but also the results in the Leaving … Continue reading
Driving to college is the most popular mode of travel for Irish students
Results from the last census are being released by the Central Statistics Office. There are lots of interesting numbers. This one today caught my eye: For the first time more third level students drove to college than used any other … Continue reading
CAO: its change your mind time (maybe)
For those thinking of applying for 3rd level education in Ireland this year via the CAO, you probably know there is a window in which you can change your original preferences. That window ends soon on July 1st, see here … Continue reading
The effect of war on education
When economists study the factors that influence people’s levels of education it tends to be variables like socio-economic background, parental income, tuition costs. There is some work on macro-economic determinants (e.g. whether young people are likely to quit school in … Continue reading
