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Labour market outcomes of third level graduates in high-income EU members. Is Father’s education important?
In report series 34, NERI Economist Ciarán Nugent shows that in the process of third level education expansion in Ireland over the past generation, the share of graduates in high-end employment has fallen significantly and especially for graduates from households with lower levels of formal...
The Expansion of Third level education and Intergenerational Transmission of educational attainment in high-income EU countries
In report series 33, NERI Economist Ciarán Nugent shows that as Ireland has gone from one of the countries with the lowest share of third level education in the sample to the highest, it did so by closing the third level education gap between those with parents with high levels of formal education...
Overqualification in high-income EU members
In report series 32, NERI Economist Ciarán Nugent shows that out of 13 high-income EU members, third level graduates in Ireland are second most likely to be employed in positions that do not require such high levels of education, behind Spain. Overqualified graduates make up the second highest share...
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