Meta-analysis of the European Social Fund counterfactual impact evaluations: First quantitative results on education outcomes
The European Social Fund (ESF) has effectively improved the education outcomes of individuals participating in its programmes. Reports presenting ESF findings on education outcomes demonstrate positive and significant impacts in 44% of the cases with 43% of results being insignificant and only 13% negative and significant. The share of positive and significant outcomes is even higher for interventions targeting students (68%), and for education outcomes such as grades (70%) and progression to the next school year (68%). In addition to its effectiveness in achieving improvements in labour outcomes demonstrated in previous meta-analyses, the ESF also helps in improving education outcomes. The preliminary findings presented in this study are to be verified in the future as additional ESF education studies will be published and included in the ESF meta database.
HAEPP Tobias;
2025-08-21
European Commission
JRC143146
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC143146,
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