Literacy and education in Ireland

Kevin Denny, Colm Harmon, Dorren McMahon and Sandra Redmond

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Abstract: Recent media attention has focused on the low ranking of Ireland in a major international study on literacy. In this paper we examine the dataset used in these studies to consider the reason behind the low ranking. We find significant evidence that the underlying reason for this is the low level of formal schooling of older individuals, possibly due to the lack of free secondary schooling. Moreover we find that formal schooling in Ireland has a bigger effect on literacy outcomes than in either Northern Ireland or Great Britain.

Keywords: Education--Ireland; Literacy--Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 1999-07
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Published in: The Economic and Social Review, 30(3) 1999-07

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