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Convergence of Higher Education and Economic Growth during the European Construction. A Contribution to the Cliometrics of Growth (EU–15)

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  • Claude Diebolt

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, HU Berlin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin)

  • Magali Jaoul-Grammare

    (UM1 - Université Montpellier 1, MRE - Montpellier Recherche en Economie - UM - Université de Montpellier)

Abstract

With the Treaty of Maastricht, European states committed themselves to the pathway of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Admission to EMU assumes respect for certain so-called ‘convergence criteria'. In spite of this joint determination to achieve harmonisation, education, one of the most important socio-economic fields, remains in the hands of the member states. With this as the point of departure, this article is aimed at checking whether the construction of Europe was accompanied by convergence in terms of per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and in terms of the development of higher education. Results show that depending on whether examination is performed on a stage-by-stage basis or for the entire study period, the development of higher education precedes or follows economic development.

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  • Claude Diebolt & Magali Jaoul-Grammare, 2006. "Convergence of Higher Education and Economic Growth during the European Construction. A Contribution to the Cliometrics of Growth (EU–15)," Post-Print hal-00278713, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00278713
    DOI: 10.2304/rcie.2006.1.1.3
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    1. Gabriele Cappelli & Michelangelo Vasta, 2021. "A “Silent Revolution”: school reforms and Italy’s educational gender gap in the Liberal Age (1861–1921)," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 15(1), pages 203-229, January.

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