Success Rates. Finally, for those constituencies delivering specific qualifications or training, the levels of success experienced by participants could be seen as an indicator of their success or performance. Experiencing success may also be a factor motivating individuals’ continued or future participation in lifelong learning provision. The substantial increase in the numbers of employees with qualifications at NVQ4 or higher may be taken as an indicator of success within the Northern Ireland lifelong learning sector itself (see figure 5.1). Trends in qualifications in Northern Ireland, 2001-05 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 First degree Teaching further education A level or equivalent Other qualif ication Higher degree HNC HND BTEC etc higher NVQ level 3 O level GCSE grade A-C or equivalent Number with highest qualification level Figure 5.1: Trends in qualifications in Northern Ireland, 2001-05 Source; Labour Force Survey, 2001-05
Success Rates. We begin the discussion of our experimental results with some aggregate data on success rates and total contributions. Table 5 summarizes the success rate at providing the public good in the first five rounds and last five rounds of each treatment in each part. Table 6 summarizes total contributions.22 At the overall level, the success rate is similar in the full agreement treatments as the standard and vector treatments.23 Look a little deeper, however, and differences emerge. Total contributions are relatively high in the full agreement treatment. There are also some noticeable dynamic differences. [INSERT TABLES 5 AND 6 AROUND HERE] These dynamic differences are clearly apparent in Figure 1, which plots the success rate at providing the public good over time in the two full agreement treatments and two vector treatments (ignore, for now, the FULL ALL HP data). 24 Broadly speaking, the success rate appears stable or decreasing across the 10 rounds of each part in the vector treatments while it is increasing in the full agreement treatments. Indeed, in the first round of the full agreement treatments the success rate is always near zero, but by the end of the ten rounds, the success rate reaches 56 percent in part 1 and a relatively high 67 percent in part 2 and 73 percent in part
Success Rates. We begin the discussion of our experimental results with some aggregate data on success rates and total contributions. Table 5 summarizes the success rate at providing the public good in the first five rounds and last five rounds of each treatment in each part. Table 6 summarizes total contributions.22 At the overall level, the success rate is similar in the full agreement treatments as the standard and vector treatments.23 Look a little deeper, however, and differences emerge. Total contributions are relatively high in the full agreement treatment. There are also some noticeable dynamic differences. These dynamic differences are clearly apparent in Figure 1, which plots the success rate at providing the public good over time in the two full agreement treatments and two vector treatments (ignore, for now, the FULL ALL HP data). 24 Broadly speaking, the success rate appears stable or decreasing across the 10 rounds of each part in the vector treatments while it is increasing in the full agreement treatments. Indeed, in the first round of the full agreement treatments the success rate is always near zero, but by the end of the ten rounds, the success rate reaches 56 percent in part 1 and a relatively high 67 percent in part 2 and 73 percent in part
