100 years of educational reforms in Europe: a contextual database

Garrouste, Christelle (2010): 100 years of educational reforms in Europe: a contextual database. Published in: EUR – Scientific and Technical Research series , Vol. 24487, (2010): pp. 1-349.

Abstract

This report presents the macro data on educational reforms collected for the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The first and chore part provides an analytical overview of the educational reforms that may have affected the skill level of Europe’s elderly population. More specifically, it targets the national institutional plans or movements that have brought (or attempted to bring) systemic change in educational practices during the last century (e.g., pedagogical theories, curriculum reforms and operational structures). Furthermore, through a simple application correlating compulsory education laws and the evolution of the number of years of education, this report demonstrates the scope and potentialities of the database. Finally, the appendix lists all the data collected by country and level of education.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: SHARELIFE, contextual data, education reforms
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y1 - Data: Tables and Charts; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H52 - Government Expenditures and Education

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