Human capital and social capital in Northern Ireland: Linking schools achievement and lifelong learningFootnote¹

The published version of this paper has benefited from the very substantial contribution of Lynda Spence of the University of Ulster and the comments of Sheelagh Drudy and Kathleen Lynch at the annual ESAI conference.

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