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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Fees - Blast from the Past

I was looking for the email of an old colleague of ours, Gavan Conlon, when I came across this on the BBC website which relates to work he did with Arnaud Chevalier when Arnaud was at UCD.   The paper referred to is also linked.   The then Minister for Higher Education in the UK said at the time that 'if potential students thought and acted rationally, then they would be willing to invest more in universities that offered a better return on their investment'.    This point seems a critical one to zone in on as this debate unfolds - I thought the article by HEA Chief Executive Tom Boland in the today's Irish Examiner was a really nice contribution I think, nailing the key issue of this all being 'both/and' and not 'either/or' in terms of the mix of government and student funding. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/3046985.stm and the LSE paper at http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/19477/

4 comments:

  1. Kevin Denny5:21 pm

    A shame we couldn't do something similar for the Irish universities. The first destinations survey (if it still exists) might give you a handle on early labour market experiences.

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  2. Anonymous5:37 pm

    As far as I know, the survey is still in operation.

    Reay Lydon (1999) uses data from the First Destinations of Graduates (FDG) to examine the starting salaries for primary level graduates between 1982 and 1997.

    The FDG only differentiates between taught and research studies at post-graduate level from 2001 onwards, which is something I noted before.

    All of the FDG data is available as anonymised individual level data. The survey is conducted six to nine months after graduation; it includes information on the individual’s area of study, the individual’s employment sector, salary and occupational classification, and the region in which the individual found employment.

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  3. Anonymous5:38 pm

    For those unfamiliar with the Lydon reference, it is:

    Lydon, R. (1999). Aspects of the Labour Market for New Graduates in Ireland: 1982-1997. Economic and Social Review 30 (3): 227-248.

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  4. Kevin Denny8:38 am

    Also worth looking is:
    The labour market effects of Alma Mater: Evidence from Italy , Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Cappellari , Economics of Education Review
    27 (5), October 2008, 564-574

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