briefing papers for policy makers

23. It was confirmed that government ideology especially and also the type of government has played an important
role in differences in public expenditure across and within countries over time.
Key Recommendations
1. As socially deprived groups provide a higher return on education considerable importance should be attached to
identifying individuals within this group in order to provide them with incentives to continue in education.
2. Further research is needed into the interrelation between within- and between-educational-level wage
inequalities.
3. Increased efforts are needed to produce and make accessible data that can be more easily compared across
Europe.
The Final Report and results of this project are available through the electronic version of this report at:
http://www.cordis.lu/citizens/publications.htm (under Reports)
Key Publications
Antoninis & Tsakloglou, The redistributive impact of the Greek public education system, Meletes Oekonomikis Politikis (in
Greek).
Antoninis & Tsakloglou, Who benefits from public education in Greece? Evidence and policy implications, Education
Economics (also available at the PURE web-site www.etla.fi/PURE).
Archer, Denny, Hannon & Harmon, Features of the Irish Educational System, Department for Education and Employment,
London, March 2000.
Ashenfelter, Harmon & Oosterbeek, A Review of Estimates of the Schooling/Earnings Relationship, with Tests for Publication
Bias, Labour Economics 6(4), 453–470, November 1999.
Asplund & Pereira (eds.), Returns to Human Capital in Europe: a literature review, ETLA, B 156, Helsinki, 1999.
Asplund, R., Private Returns to Education in Finland: Back to Basics, Discussion papers No 720, ETLA The Research Institute
of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki, 2000.
Asplund, R., Inhimillinen pääoma ja palkat Suomessa: Paluu perusmalliin, ETLA The Research Institute of the Finnish
Economy, Discussion papers No 721, (in Finnish, translation of Discussion paper No 720 by Antton Lounasheimo), Helsinki,
2000.
Barceinas, Oliver, Raymond & Roig, Los rendimientos de la educación en España (Returns to education in Spain), Papeles de
Economía Española (available at the PURE web-site www.etla.fi/PURE).
Barceinas, Oliver, Raymond & Roig, Hipótesis de señalización frente a capital humano. Evidencia para el caso español
(Signalling hypothesis vs. human capital. Evidence for the Spanish case), Revista de Economía Aplicada (available at the PURE
web-site www.etla.fi/PURE).
Barceinas, Oliver, Raymond & Roig, Rendimiento público de la inversión educativa y restricción presupuestaria (Public returns
to educational investment and budget constrain), Papeles de Economía Española (available at the PURE web-site
www.etla.fi/PURE).
Barth & Røed, Return to education – variations between countries and over time, Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet 1/00, ISF, (in
Norwegian), Oslo, 2000.
Barth & Røed, Return to education in Norway 1980–1995, Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet 1/99, ISF, (in Norwegian), Oslo, 1999.
Callan & Harmon, The Economic Return to Schooling in Ireland, Labour Economics 6(4), 543–550, November 1999.
Denny & Harmon, Testing for Sheepskin Effects in Earnings Functions, Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
Denny, Harmon, McMahon & Redmond, Literacy and Education in the Ireland, Economic and Social Review 30(3), 215–224,
July 1999.
Denny, Harmon & O’Connell, Labour Market Impact of State-Sponsored Programmes in Education and Training, ESRI,
(Dublin).
Denny, K., New Methods for comparing Literacy across Populations: Insights from the Measurement of Poverty, IFS Working
Paper No. 00/07, April 2000.
Denny, Harmon & Redmond, Functional literacy, educational attainment and earnings: evidence from the international adult
literacy survey, IFS Working Paper No. 00/09, March 2000.
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