Books : “Économie de l’éducation” by Luc Behaghel, Julien Grenet and Marc Gurgand

In their latest book, Luc Behaghel, Julien Grenet and Marc Gurgand take a look at the economics of education.

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Économie de l’éducation

Go to the page dedicated to the book on the website of Éditions La Découverte (Repères collection).

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Summary

How can we reduce social inequalities at school? How can we encourage the spread of the best teaching approaches? Is everything really decided before the age of 3? Does class size influence student success? Is there a “teacher effect”? Are we reduced to choosing between being good parents and good citizens? These questions are at the heart of public debate.
For the past three decades, the answers provided by the economics of education to these questions have been based on a profound renewal of applied economics, aimed at making credible – and often creative – use of increasingly rich data. The aim of this book, based on a course taught at the Paris School of Economics, is to provide an up-to-date summary that will inspire further personal reflection

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