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Title: Education, Social Cohesion and Economic Growth

Author(s): Mark Gradstein and Moshe Justman

Publication Date: April 2001

Keyword(s): Economic Growth, Education and Social Cohesion

Programme Area(s): Public Economics

Abstract: Analysis of the contribution of education to growth through its role in promoting a common culture indicates that when different cultural groups separately determine the social content of their school curricula excessive polarization can result, with less than optimal growth. The optimal trajectory involves a gradual, reciprocal convergence of school curricula towards the middle ground. This may be difficult to implement in a political context in which all agents are identified with one group or another. When curricula are determined by legislative bargaining, centralization of schooling may result in overly rapid homogenization in some cases, and - perhaps surprisingly - excessive polarization in others.

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Gradstein, M and Justman, M. 2001. 'Education, Social Cohesion and Economic Growth'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=2773