Higher education and the labour market in Ireland, 1981-1991.

Autor/inn/en	Hughes, Gerard; O'Connell, Philip J.
Titel	Higher education and the labour market in Ireland, 1981-1991.
Quelle	In: European journal of education, 30 (1995) 1, S. 77-103Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 21; Tabellen 22
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211; 1465-3435
DOI	10.2307/1503569
Schlagwörter	Migration; Arbeitsmarkt; Berufserfolg; Berufslaufbahn; Akademiker; Bedarf; Irland
Abstract	In this paper we present a broad statistical picture of trends in higher education in Irleland during the period 1981-1991 and the results of the first comprehensive survey of the career patterns of two cohorts of PhDs and professional engineers who graduated during the 1980s. First we consider the balance between the supply of and demand for third-level graduates and the first destinations of recipients of third-level awards. We go on to present the results of our survey, focusing on the current labour market status of PhDs and professional engineers, their patterns of external and return migration, and on income differentials between those who never emigrated, those who have returned to Ireland, and those who have permanently emigrated. We argue that the rapid expansion of higher education over the past decade has not been matched by demand for graduates in the domestic labour market. This raises a number of concerns regarding the returns to the substantial public imvestment in the sector, the capacity of the domestic economy to provide employment for, and utilise the skills of, highly educated graduates, and the danger of a process of credentials inflation. (DIPF/Text übernommen)
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Update	1997_(CD)