An international comparison of school systems based on social mobility

• DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2018.499s.1940
• Publication Date: 2018-06-13T09:02:42Z
• Authors: Mattéo Gaudin; Jean Hindriks
• Keywords: education; inequality; 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 8. Economic growth; PISA; 1. No poverty; PISA ; social mobility ; inequality ; education ; JEL Codes/ JEL Classification I21 - I24; social mobility; 10. No inequality; 0503 education

After a very rapid economic boom in the sixties, due to installation of Pacific Testing Centre and construction airports Tahiti its islands, French Polynesia experienced an almost continuous decline growth during next four decades, before plunging into depression since 2009.This research analyses factors (labour, capital intensity, human capital, total factor productivity) over period 1960-2006, after reconstituting long consistent series variables studied compares them with metropolitan France (including overseas Departments).Total productivity has been negative contributor 1988-1996 2001.These episodes low could be indicative existence significant structural barriers growth, such as high costs typical small island economies, well misallocation resources lack entrepreneurial dynamism excess protectionism.