Research on Economics of Education

The institute strives to strengthen a work group concerning the fusion of economy and education which provides strong proposals to disseminate new perspectives on the fundamental problems of education.

Objectives

Many voices currently appeal for a profound improvement in our educational system’s advance towards growth based on investment in awareness and the employability of european citizens.

In this sense, the European Commission document EUROPA 2020 establishes a new “strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.” Its 5 ambitious objectives demand of all member states an attempt to translate them to the national scale.

The studies of the institute are targeted at analyzing measures of efficiency, efficacy and functionality. Incentives are considered which allow for the constant growth of public and private investment in education and training, to learn from private and public expenditure on education in EU countries and the way it contributes to the precise objectives of european educational and training systems. Finally, this area aims to promote studies which allow for the establishment of criteria of national and European reference to better orient the assignment of public resources and achieve administrations that insure efficacy alongside equity.

Reports, courses and seminars

• Milagros Nores, Co-Director for Research at the National Institute for Early Education Research held a conference on “The Economy of Investment in Early Childhood Education“. December 2018.
• EIN Seminar: “Investing in Education” Miguel Ángel Sancho. October 2018.
• “Economic Changes, Income Inequality, and Loss of Opportunities for Children in Low-Income Families”. Richard Murnane. November 2017.
• “Educational Inequality at the Start of School: Gaps, Trends, and Strategies” Emma García of the Economic Policy Institute and Georgetown University with the Foundation. October 2017.
• Mercedes de Esteban Villar, vice president of the Foundation, participated in a debate on “Our economic and financial culture.” October 2015.
• Symposium for Professional Development and Employability for a Knowledge-Based Economy. Organized by Society and Education. November 2014. Download the program. Reflections on the Spanish education system. Link about the book, which discusses the relationship between educational performance and economic growth.  The book is accompanied by the appendix, “Indicadores básicos sobre el estado del sistema educativo español 2015″.
• “La Reforma de la Educación en España como requisito para afrontar los retos de la Economía, el Empleo y de la Sociedad en el Siglo XXI.” Miguel Ángel Sancho. Nueva Revista 149.
• Professor Henry M. Leven from Teachers College at the University of Columbia held a conference on the 25th of March. “Is education a public or private good?” and the seminar “Economics of educational adaptability.”
• Profesor Eric A. Hanushek of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University pronounced in 2013 of May the conference “Schooling policies for quality and economic growth.”
• Lifelong learning, a social and economic challenge. International symposium. In collaboration with the Fundación Ramón Areces.
• Realization of a series of conferences: Professional training in Spain under the strategy of Europe 2020.
• Analysis of the cost effectiveness of public and combined teaching in the Community of Madrid.
• Economic analysis of the school post in the Spanish educational system.
• Evaluation of the paradigms of investment in educational and training systems in the European Union.
• Investment in education and permanent training: a challenge for businesses.