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Russell, Helen; Smyth, Emer; O'Connell, Philip J. – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
In this paper we seek to investigate the role of different factors in accounting for the differences in earnings among recent graduates working in the private sector in Ireland. Three years after graduation there is a pay gap of 8 per cent in hourly wages between male and female graduates in the private sector and a 4 per cent non-significant gap…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Females, College Graduates, Salary Wage Differentials
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Bhroimeil, Una Ni – Irish Educational Studies, 2006
This article examines a decision known as Rule 127(b), taken in 1905 by the National Commissioners for Education in Ireland. The rule raised concerns about the displacement of male teachers and their replacement with poorly paid and sometimes untrained females. It appeared to condone the sexual division of labour with women teaching in infant…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Gender Issues, Females, Males