Southern Europe’s Problem: Poor Education (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

05.05.2013 17:26

https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime/?p=3563

A little noticed fact about the economic turmoil in southern Europe is that Portugal and Italy, two of the countries struggling the most, had minimal growth even during the seven good pre-crisis years of 2001–07. The most overlooked common problem of the four Southern European countries—Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece—is that they are all hampered by little education and the poor quality of the education system.