Browsing by Subject "Educational inequality"
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Achievement Gaps by Migration Background and the Role of Early Childhood Education and Care: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Irish Cohort Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Drawing on the longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) '08 Cohort, this thesis sets out to contribute to the literature on the academic achievement of children with a migration background and Early Childhood ... -
Educational inequalities among school leavers in Ireland 1979-1994
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)The extent to which inequalities in educational outcomes persist in modern Ireland has been the subject of much debate. This paper investigates whether the rapid expansion in educational participation rates over the 1980s ... -
Longitudinal studies on variation by socio-economic position in child conduct, academic outcomes and curricular choice in the Irish context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Using unique, nationally representative longitudinal data from Cohort98 of Growing Up in Ireland (N=6,039; 51.2% female; ages 9-17), this thesis evaluates socio-economic inequalities in educational development, decision-making ...