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On the equal importance of the education, poor-law, cheap law for small holders, and land questions, at the present crisis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1880)
In an article in the Fortnightly Review for January, I called attention to the case of the migratory labourers in Mayo, and their sufferings from non-employment in England last year, as one branch of the present crisis to ...
Symposium on the economic returns to education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
The Second Programme for Economic Expansion, published in 1963, was the first public acknowledgement by the Irish government that expenditure on education was an investment in the nation?s future. It was to be many years ...
Education and economic performance in the OECD countries: an elusive relationship?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
One of the most common political mantras to-day is that education is the handmaiden of economic growth and prosperity. Politicians like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair constantly trumpet the need to invest in education and ...
Symposium on the economic returns to education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
In my contribution to this Symposium I wish to explore two main themes. The first deals with the contribution of education to economic growth at the macro level. In this part I shall discuss the evidence of the importance ...