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dc.contributor.authorDenny, Kevinen
dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Orlaen
dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly, Patriciaen
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Vincenten
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-18-
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-04T09:19:38Z-
dc.date.available2011-07-04T09:19:38Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/47505-
dc.description.abstractThere is a well established socioeconomic gradient in educational attainment, despite much effort in recent decades to address this inequality. This study evaluates a university access program that provides financial, academic and social support to low socioeconomic status (SES) students using a natural experiment which exploits the time variation in the expansion of the program across schools. The program has parallels with US affirmative actions programs, although preferential treatment is based on SES rather than ethnicity. Evaluating the effectiveness of programs targeting disadvantaged students in Ireland is particularly salient given the high rate of return to education and the lack of intergenerational mobility in educational attainment. Overall, we identify positive treatment effects on first year exam performance, progression to second year and final year graduation rates, with the impact often stronger for higher ability students. We find similar patterns of results for students that entered through the regular system and the 'affirmative action' group i.e. the students that entered with lower high school grades. The program affects the performance of both male and female students, albeit in different ways. This study suggests that access programs can be an effective means of improving academic outcomes for socio-economically disadvantaged students.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) |cLondonen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIFS Working Papers |x10,12en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEducation inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordAccess programsen
dc.subject.keywordNatural experimenten
dc.subject.keywordEconomics of educationen
dc.subject.stwBildungschancenen
dc.subject.stwStudierendeen
dc.subject.stwHochschulpolitiken
dc.subject.stwBildungsökonomiken
dc.subject.stwIrlanden
dc.titleMoney, mentoring and making friends: The impact of a multidimensional access program on student performance-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn626250080en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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