The project aims to contribute to the improvement of decision-making and policy development in education and training in Europe through the setting up of a network of leading European centres and experts on economics of education. This network will advice and support the European Commission in the analysis of economic aspects of educational policies and reforms. It aims to disseminate existing European knowledge on economics of education to the Commission, pinpoint the gaps that there are in the European knowledge, advise the Commission on how to work towards closing these gaps, and serve as a discussion forum for researchers on the economics of education in Europe. In serving as a think tank on European economics of education, the network hopes to contribute to creating a true European research area in the economics of education, establishing centres of excellence on economic aspects of education. It is particularly expected that the undertaking can contribute to extending the empirical knowledge in the field relevant for the European countries. This would feed into the big opportunity provided by European – as opposed to national – research, in that cross-country European research enables the exploitation of institutional variations between the European countries in order both to analyse potential underlying reasons for differing performance and to learn from each other in terms of revealed best educational practice. Concrete tasks to be performed by the network include the mapping of expertise and organisations in the economics of education in Europe; the organisation of several European Symposia on Economics of Education; setting up and maintaining a web site on Economics of Education in Europe; development of a proposal for a work programme on economics of education; assisting the Commission in drawing up specifications for studies, research projects and statistical surveys; preparing analytical reports on specific topics in the economics of education; and providing guidance and advise on concrete questions of the Commission in the field of economics of education that emerge occasionally on an ad-hoc basis.
Formation of the European Expert Network on Economics of Education Web site on Economics of Education in Europe European Symposia on Economics of Education Preparing analytical reports on specific topics in the economics of education Mapping of expertise and organisations in the economics of education in Europe Provision of ad-hoc guidance and advise on concrete questions of the European Commission in the field of economics of education
Schlotter, Martin, Guido Schwerdt und Ludger Wößmann, "Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide", CESifo Working Paper No. 2877, Munich, December 2009 (Download).
Wößmann, Ludger, "Efficiency and equity of European education and training policies", International Tax and Public Finance 15 (2), 2008
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