Education spending is the largest item in the French state budget. The level and the distribution of education spending constitute an essential issue for public policy as human capital investment plays a large role in the growth and the distribution of national income.
Education policy comes in a variety of forms relating to both the organisation of the school system (definition of the curriculum, degree of autonomy in institutions, position of the private sector, etc.) and the allocation of financial and human resources within this system (recruitment and assignment of teachers, allocation of funding, etc.).
IPP Focus. The work of IPP researchers relates in particular to the returns to education, the effects of student assignment systems (school zoning, school choice mechanisms), the efficiency of the allocation of education resources (class size, school schedules), student counselling and mentoring and the impact of financial assistance in higher education.
Programme Director: Julien Grenet
Enjeux : Face au constat du creusement des inégalités sociales entre les établissements d’enseignement secondaire, le ministère de l’Education nationale a engagé en 2016 une démarche visant renforcer (…)
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« Have French selective higher education programs diversified their recruitment process since the 2000’s ? » Motivation: In the early 2000s, several studies and reports have highlighted that (…)
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Motivation: In France, every year there are 120,000 students leaving second grade without knowing how to read. In order to tackle this problem, mostly prevalent amongst disadvantaged (…)
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« Evaluation of an in-service teacher training on reading at preschool (5 year olds) » Motivation: The LECTURE program aims at improving the teaching skills of Kindergarten (…)
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“Impact evaluation of student assignment procedures on the social and educational diversity of high schools in the Île-de-France region” The social and educational diversity of public and (…)
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Motivation : Those programmes take care of children that face family, social or school issues and they organize multidimensional interventions towards children and their family. It is (…)
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IPP Policy Brief n°72 - June 2021
Fighting inequalities from early childhood: A large-scale evaluation of the Parler Bambin program
IPP Policy Brief n°62 - February 2021
Multi-school catchment areas in Paris : What results after three years ?
IPP Policy Brief n°61 - January 2021
Grandes Écoles: Have they become more socially inclusive since the mid-2000s?
IPP Policy Brief n°59 - October 2020
Unequal from birth: Can text messages improve language interactions between parents and children in disadvantaged families?
IPP Policy Brief n°45 - September 2019
Female Role Models: are they effective at encouraging girls to study science?
Ipp Policy brief n°35 - September 2018
Multi-collège catchment areas in Paris: an effective tool for combating social segregation?
IPP Policy Brief n°26 - April 2017
How does children’s school schedule affect mothers’ labor supply? Temporal flexibility and inequalities on the labor market
IPP Report n°13 - March 2016
Impact evaluation of social and educational programmes for disadvantaged students
IPP Policy Brief n°20 - October 2015
How to Improve Learning to Read at School? The Impact of Teachers’ Practices in Pre-School
IPP Policy Brief n°17 - January 2015
How much does grade repetition in French primary and secondary schools cost?
IPP Policy Brief n°15 - December 2014
Are girls discriminated against in the Sciences? Lessons from the ENS competitive entrance exams
IPP Policy Brief n°14 - December 2014
A helping hand for girls? Gender bias in marks and its effect on student progress
IPP Report n°4 - June 2014
Social and academic mix in the Paris Region: the role of secondary schools
IPP Policy Brief n°13 - October 2014
Does the composition of classes affect social and educational diversity?
IPP Report n°3 - June 2014
Impact of student allocation procedures on diversity in Paris high schools
IPP Policy Brief n°11 - July 2014
Can we increase the social and academic mix in the education system?
