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Education, religion and the 'first destinations' of recent school-leavers in Northern Ireland

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  • Anthony Murphy
  • Ian Shuttleworth

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This paper uses data forma cross-section survey of recent school-leavers in Northern Ireland to examine the relationship between personal and social characteristics and first destinations approximately 6 to 9 months after leaving school. Six destinations are distinguished - employment, YTP, unemployment, higher education, further education and other activity. Particular attention is paid to the roles of religion, qualifications and subject choice. Nested logit models are estimated and subjected to a battery of mis-specification tests. The results suggest that, after controlling for a standard range of factors, religion and number of qualifications, but not subject choice, are significant in explaining post school destinations. In particular, Catholic males who leave from fifth and lower sixth form are significantly less likely to be employed and more likely to be on a YTP scheme.

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  • Anthony Murphy & Ian Shuttleworth, 1994. "Education, religion and the 'first destinations' of recent school-leavers in Northern Ireland," Working Papers 199419, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucn:wpaper:199419
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    1. David Armstrong, 1998. "Careers guidance, psychometric testing and unemployment amongst young people: an empirical analysis for Northern Ireland," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(9), pages 1203-1217.

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    Keywords

    School-leavers; Religion; Economic activity; Logit models; High school graduates--Employment--Northern Ireland; Youth--Employment--Northern Ireland; Labor market--Northern Ireland;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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