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School Quality and Staying-on: Resources Peer Groups or Ethos?

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McVicar, D.

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The paper examines the determinants of careers choices at age 16 in Northern Ireland using a details micro level data set young people who completed conpulsory education in June 1993.

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Paper provided by Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland in its series Working Papers NIERC. with number 45.

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Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: EDUCATION ; SCHOOLS ; LABOUR MARKET;

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I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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  1. Arnaud Chevalier & Peter Dolton & Ros Levacic, 2004. "School Quality and Effectiveness," Working Papers 200410, School Of Economics, University College Dublin. [Downloadable!]
  2. McVicar, Duncan, 2000. "Are Secondary Schools In Northern Ireland Too Small? A Microeconomic Analysis Of School Size And Career Choice At Sixteen," ERSA conference papers ersa00p149, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]
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