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The Earnings Distribution and Returns to Education in Ireland, 1987-94

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Barrett, Alan
Callan, Tim
Nolan, Brian

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The increased supply of skilled labour and institutional factors have been advanced in an effort to explain why some countries have experienced smaller increases in earnings dispersion and in returns to education relative to the United States. Ireland’s supply of skilled labour has increased sharply in recent years and it has had a highly centralized wage bargaining structure; hence, low growth in earnings dispersion would be expected. We compare the distribution of earnings in Ireland in 1987–94 and find a surprisingly large growth in earnings dispersion. In addition, using a decomposition technique we find that much of this is accounted for by increasing returns to education.

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Keywords: Earnings Distribution Returns to Education

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  1. Gary Burtless, 1995. "International Trade and the Rise in Earnings Inequality," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 33(2), pages 800-816, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Tim Callan, 1991. "Male-Female Wage Differentials in Ireland," Papers WP028, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  3. Nickell, Stephen & Bell, Brian, 1996. "Changes in the Distribution of Wages and Unemployment in OECD Countries," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 86(2), pages 302-08, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Harmon, Colm & Walker, Ian, 1995. "Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling for the United Kingdom," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 85(5), pages 1278-86, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Patrick Honohan, 1997. "Don't Overdo PPP Adjustment of Real Output," Papers WP092, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  2. Brian Nolan, 1988. "Relative Poverty Lines: An Application to Irish Data for 1973 and 1980," Papers WP004, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  3. John Fitz Gerald, 1998. "Wage Formation and the Labour Market," Papers WP095, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  4. Donal O'Neill & Olive Sweetman, 1999. "Poverty and Inequality in Ireland: A Comparison using Measures of Income and Consumption," Economics, Finance and Accounting Department Working Paper Series n860399, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, National University of Ireland - Maynooth. [Downloadable!]
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