School Quality and Staying-On in Northern Ireland - Resources, Peer Groups and Ethos

Duncan McVicar

The Economic and Social Review, 2001, vol. 32, issue 2, 131-151

Abstract: The paper examines career choice at age 16 in Northern Ireland using micro data for young people completing compulsory education in 1993. Explanatory variables include resourcerelated school characteristics, ethos-related characteristics and peer-group factors. The results suggest resources, ethos and peer group effects all play a significant role in career choice at age 16. Some of these factors, including pupil/teacher ratios, act in opposite directions on the probability of entry into Further Education College and of staying-on at school, suggesting studies of school quality on choice at age 16 should disaggregate post-compulsory education where possible.

Date: 2001
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