Trésor-Economics No. 165 - Initial and continuing education: the implications for a knowledge-based economy
Initial and continuing education play a decisive role in helping people to access the labour market by reducing unemployment risk and duration, and enabling them to obtain higher wages. In France, as in the other OECD countries, the rise in wage earnings procured by a higher-education degree greatly exceeds the cost of obtaining the degree (rate of return: 11.4%). Beyond the personal level, educat... Lire la suite