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Education et croissance : quel lien, pour quelle politique ?

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  • Jean Luc de Meulemeester

    (Université Libre de Bruxelles.)

  • Claude Diebolt

    (CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg.)

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Le rôle de l’éducation dans la croissance économique semble faire partie des vérités les mieux partagées entre économistes. Au tournant des années 2000, il a néanmoins fait l’objet de nouveaux débats. Depuis, une série de rapports destinés au monde politique ont fait état de la nécessité de mobiliser nos systèmes d’enseignement, notamment supérieur, pour maintenir notre compétitivité et notre croissance. Il s’avère toutefois que ces débats ne sont pas neufs. Qui plus est, l’échec (relatif) de la stratégie de Lisbonne comme le relativement faible impact des idées d’Aghion (à court terme du moins) devrait nous interroger sur la manière dont des Etats peuvent réformer leurs systèmes éducatifs et pourquoi ils l’ont fait dans le passé.

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  • Jean Luc de Meulemeester & Claude Diebolt, 2007. "Education et croissance : quel lien, pour quelle politique ?," Working Papers 07-08, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC).
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    Education; croissance économique; politique économique; histoire de la pensée économique; économie historique;
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    JEL classification:

    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative

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