Journal Papers and Working Papers

Angrist, J. and Krueger, A. B. (1999) "Empirical Strategies in Labour Economics". In: Ashenfelter, O. and Card, D., eds.Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3A: 1339-1344. Amsterdam: North Holland.

Angrist, J., Lang, D. and Oreopoulos, P. (2009) "Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(1): 136-163.

Astin, A. W. (1993) What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 Bergin, D., Cooks, H., and Bergin, C. (2007) "Effects of a College Access Program for Youth Underrepresented in Higher Education: A Randomised Experiment". Research in Higher Education, 48 (6): 727-750.

 Bettinger, E. (2004) "How Financial Aid Affects Persistence." NBER Working Paper, No. 10242.

 Blythman, M., & Orr, S. (2003) "A Joined-up Policy Approach to Student Support." In: Peelo, M. and Wareham, T. (eds.) Failing Students in Higher Education. Buckingham: Open University Press/SRHE.

 Brock, T. and Richburg-Hayes, L. (2006) "Paying for Persistence: Early Results of a Louisiana Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents Attending Community College." MDRC.

 Burtless, G. (1995) "The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research." Journal of Economic Perspectives,9(2): 63-84.

 Card, D. and Krueger, A.B. (1994) "Minimum wages and employment: A case study of the fast-food industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania." American Economic Review, 84(4): 772-793.

 Carneiro, P., and Heckman, J. (2003) "Human Capital Policy." NBER Working Paper, No. 9495.

 Chevalier, A., Denny, K. and McMahon, D. (2009) "Intergenerational Mobility and Education Equality." In: Dolton, P., Asplund, R. and Barth E., eds. Education and Inequality across Europe. London: Edward Elgar.

 Chevalier, A., Finn, C., Harmon, C., and Viitanen, T. (2006) "The Economics of Early Childhood Care and Education." Technical Research Paper for the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF).

 Christie, H., Munro, M and Fisher, T. (2004) "Leaving University Early: exploring the differences between continuing and non-continuing students." Studies in Higher Education, 29 (5): 617-636.

 Cornwell, C., Mustard, B. and Sridhar, D. (2006) "The Enrollment Effects of Merit-Based Financial Aid: Evidence from Georgia's HOPE Program."  Journal of Labor Economics, 24 (4): 761-786.

 Cornwell, C., Lee, K. and Mustard, D. (2005) "Student Responses to Merit Scholarship Retention Rules." The Journal of Human Resources, 40 (4): 895-917.

 Cross, K. (1976) Accent on Learning: Improving Instruction and Reshaping the Curriculum, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA.

 Denny, K. Doyle, O. O'Reilly, P. and O'Sullivan V. (2009) "A Profile of HEAR Schools 2008." UCD Geary Institute.

 Dynarski, S. (2008) "Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor." The Journal of Human Resources, 43 (3): 576-610.

 Dynarski, S. (2003) "Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion." American Economic Review, 93(1): 279-288.

 Finnie, R. et al. (2008) "Introduction: A Framework for Thinking about Participation in Post-Secondary Education." In Finnie, R. et al. (eds), Who Goes, Who Stays, What matters? Accessing and Persisting in Post-Secondary Education in Canada. Kingston, ON, Canada: Queens University school of Policy Studies.

 Finnie, R., Lascelles, E. and Sweetman, A. (2005) "Who Goes? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Family Background on Access to Post-secondary Education." Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005237e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.

 Harmon, C., Oosterbeek, H., and Walker, I. (2003) "The Returns to Education: Microeconomics." The Journal of Economic Surveys, 17 (2): 115-155.

 Hossler, D. and Gallagher, K. S. (1987) "Studying College Student Choice: A three-phase model and the implications for policy makers." College and University, 2 (3): 207-221.

 Kull, K. (1999) "A developmental education survey: Results of a national survey of program design and mathematical instruction."Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 16(1): 57-80.

 Lavy, V. and Schlosser, A. (2005) "Targeted Remedial Education for Underperforming Teenagers: Costs and Benefits." Journal of Labor Economics, 23(4): 839-874.

 Lesik, S. (2007) "Do Developmental Mathematics Programs have a Causal Impact on Student retention? An Application of Discrete-Time Survival and Regression Discontinuity Analysis." Research in Higher Education, 48 (5): 583-608.

 Machin, S. and Vignoles, A. (2005) "What's the Good of Education? The Economics of Education in the UK." New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

 Mangold, W., Bean, L., Adams, D., Schwab, W. and Lynch, S. (2002) "Who Goes Who Stays: An Assessment of the Effect of a Freshman Mentoring and Unit Registration Program on College Persistence." Journal of College Student Retention, Vol. 4 (2): 95-122.

 McPherson, M. and Schapiro, M. (1991) "Does Student Aid Affect College Enrollment? New Evidence on a Persistent Controversy." The American Economic Review, 81(1): 309-318.

 Murtaugh P. A., Burns, L. D. and Schuster, J. (1999) "Predicting the Retention of University Students." Research in Higher Education, 40 (3): 355-371.

 Naretto, J. A. (1995) "Adult student retention: The influence of internal and external communities." NASPA Journal, 32: 90-97.

 Oakley A., Strange, V., Toroyan, T., Wiggins, M., Roberts, I. and Stephenson, J. (2003) "Using random Allocation to Evaluate Social Interventions: Three Recent U.K. Examples", Annals, AAPSS, 589 (1): 170-189.

 Patrick, W. J. (2001) "Estimating first year student attrition rates: an application of multilevel modelling using categorical variables."Research in Higher Education, 42(2): 151-170.

 Perna, L. (2002) "Pre-college Outreach Programs: Characteristics of Programs Serving Historically Underrepresented Groups of Students." Journal of College Student Development, 43: 64-83.

 Stinebrickner, R. and Stinebrickner T. R. (2003) "Working during School and Academic Performance." Journal of Labor Economics, 21 (2): 449-472.

 Tinto, V. (1987) Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

 Wright, P. (1996) "Mass higher education and the search for standards." Higher Education Quarterly, 50(1): 71-85.

 Yorke, M. (1999) Leaving early: undergraduate non-completion in higher education, London: Falmer.

 Reports

Carpenter, A. (2004) "Social Class, Inequality and Higher Education in Ireland. Leaving Early: International Perspectives on Working Class Student Withdrawal." Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

 Clancy, P. (2001) College Entry in Focus: A Fourth National Survey of Access to Higher Education, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Clancy, P. (1995) Access to College: Patterns of Continuity and Change, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Clancy, P. (1988) Who Goes to College? Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Clancy, P. (1982) Participation in Higher Education: A National Survey, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Clancy, P. and Wall, J. (2000) Social Background of Higher Education Entrants, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Council of Europe (1999) Recommendation No. R (99)3 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Access to Higher Education. Adopted by the Committee of Ministers 17 March 1998 at the 63rd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies. Strasbourg: The Council.

 Equality Review Team to the Higher Education Authority (2004) Report of the High Level Group on University Equality Policies,Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Fleming, T. and Gallagher, A. (2003) Power, Privilege and Points: The Choices and Challenges of Third Level Access in Dublin.Dublin: The Dublin Employment Pact.

 Lynch, K. and O'Riordan. C. (1996) "Social Class, Inequality and Higher Education: Barriers to Equality of Access and Participation among School Leavers", University College Dublin, Registrar's Office.

Morgan, M., Flanagan, R. and Kellaghan, T. (2001) A study of Non-Completion in Undergraduate University Courses, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 O' Connell, P., Clancy, D. and McCoy, S.  (2004) Who went to college in 2004? A National Survey of New Entrants to Higher Education, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 Osborne, R. and Leith, H., (2000) Evaluation of the Targeted Initiatives on Widening Access for Young People from Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Backgrounds, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 OECD (2006a) Education at a glance, Paris: OECD.

 Skilbeck, M., Connell, H. (2000) Access and Equity in Higher Education: an International Perspective on Issues and Strategies, Dublin: Higher Education Authority.

 The Institute for Higher Education (1998) College remediation: What it is. What it costs.  What's at stake, Washington, DC.

 Governmental Reports

Department of Education and Science (2001) Report of the Action Group on Access to Third Level Education, Dublin: Stationery Office.

 Department of Education and Science (1995) Charting our Education Future: White Paper on Education, Dublin: Stationery Office.

 Department of Education and Science (1993) Report of the Advisory Committee on Third-Level Student Support (Committee chaired by Dr. Donal de Buitléir), Dublin: Stationery Office.

 Department of Education and Science (1992) Education for a Changing World: Green Paper on Education, Dublin: Stationery Office.

 Websites

Preparing for Life Programme, UCD Geary Institute. Available from:

< http://geary.ucd.ie/preparingforlife/home> [Accessed 9 September 2009]