Insight by... Julien Grenet — Co-head, with Luc Behaghel, of the new research chair in Education Policy and Social Mobility at the Paris School of Economics, which is supported by the Ardian Foundation “This new research chair will bring Another important topic is major opportunities to improve the transition from education to our understanding of the causes the labor market. Until recently, of unequal access to education it has not been possible to link and identify ways to address them. education data with data on Ultimately, this should promote earnings and employment to social mobility. As project leaders, understand the bigger picture. Luc Behaghel and I intend to cover With the DEPP’s help and the a wide range of topics and look support of Ardian, we should be at children from their pre-school able to do this and so shed light years until they leave education on the role of higher education and enter the world of work. in enabling social mobility. One of our main objectives is We think this is a fantastic opportunity.” to target under-researched areas, a key example in France being early childhood development. We hope to benefit in this area from the Ardian Foundation’s new focus on pre-school and primary children, as well as the statistical data that the DEPP will share with us. 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT 29