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Direct linkWickham, James; Boucher, Gerard W. – Journal of Education and Work, 2004
This article examines the claim that the Irish educational system was one cause of Ireland's rapid economic growth in the 1990s. For decades Irish economic policy has assumed that economic growth depended on foreign direct investment (FDI). During the 1990s, Irish exports largely comprised high-technology manufacturing products; foreign-owned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduates, Economic Progress, Vocational Education
