In this article some of the findings emerging from a research network investigating the socio-economic, biological and psychological circumstances that contribute to human capability and resilience over the life course are reported.
We examine the specific role of educational and personal assets and family resources in supporting young people from socially disadvantaged family backgrounds to stay on in school beyond the mandatory school leaving age.
This paper examines the role of individual agency in shaping educational and occupational transitions as well as the assumption of family-related roles in times of social change.
This paper intends to address individual as well as family and school related influences on uptake of science, engineering, technology and health related careers.
This paper examines antecedents and outcomes of educational and occupational aspirations of young men and women, covering the transition from dependent childhood into independent adulthood.
This paper intends to address individual as well as family and school related influences on uptake of science, engineering, technology and health related careers.
We develop a dynamic discrete choice model of training choice, employment and wage growth, allowing for job mobility, in a world where wages depend on firm-worker matches, as well as experience and tenure and jobs take time to locate.
Considering immigrant earnings in the context of post-arrival human capital investment implies: cohort quality should be defined in terms of the present value of the whole earnings profile; and, an appropriate definition of macro effects is obtained using the earnings profile of the native
This paper uses pooled cross-section data on recent school leavers in Ireland to model the determinants of labour market status and wages for young adults.