The demand for fee-paying secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorBradfield, Tracy
dc.contributor.authorCrowley, Frank
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-17T14:36:33Z
dc.date.available2019-10-17T14:36:33Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-11
dc.date.updated2019-10-17T14:29:04Z
dc.description.abstractIreland’s fee-paying schools consistently rank highly in Ireland’s secondary school league tables. Evidence also notes that the alumni of fee-paying schools represent a large proportion of those in leadership positions in business, politics and the legal professions. This paper examines the factors that affect the decision of Irish households to enrol their children in fee-paying secondary schools in Ireland. The paper uses Irish Household Budget Survey data that cover three waves from the period 2004–2016. We examine the head of household’s education, occupation, income, marital status, the location of the household and temporal factors on the school choice decision. The main results indicate that fee-paying students are more likely to come from higher income, better educated and Dublin located households. This research highlights the significant driver that affluence may have in determining secondary school enrolment in Ireland. This self-selected affluent group effect may explain the performance disparities between fee-paying and non-fee-paying schools. The results enlighten any discussion around whether or not the Government should consider a transition to a fee-paying market or eliminate fee-paying schools altogether.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationBradfield, T. and Crowley, F. (2019) 'The demand for fee-paying secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland', Irish Educational Studies, 38(3), pp. 359-375. doi: 10.1080/03323315.2019.1613251en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03323315.2019.1613251en
dc.identifier.eissn1747-4965
dc.identifier.endpage375en
dc.identifier.issn0332-3315
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleIrish Educational Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage359en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8795
dc.identifier.volume38en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03323315.2019.1613251
dc.rights© 2019 Educational Studies Association of Ireland. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Irish Educational Studies on 11 May 2019 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03323315.2019.1613251en
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectDemanden
dc.subjectHouseholden
dc.subjectFeesen
dc.subjectFee-paying schoolsen
dc.subjectPrivate educationen
dc.titleThe demand for fee-paying secondary schools in the Republic of Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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