| Reference : Luxembourg: from steel to the knowledge economy and beyond |
| Scientific Presentations in Universities or Research Centers : Scientific presentation in universities or research centers | |||
| Law, criminology & political science : Political science, public administration & international relations Arts & humanities : History Arts & humanities : Multidisciplinary, general & others Business & economic sciences : General economics & history of economic thought | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48099 | |||
| Luxembourg: from steel to the knowledge economy and beyond | |
| English | |
Danescu, Elena  [University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History >] | |
| Clément, Franz [Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research - LISER > > > Senior Researches] | |
| Golini, Sonia [University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > > > Project _Europe Direct University of Luxembourg > > Collaborator] | |
| 22-Jun-2021 | |
| International | |
| Luxembourg: from steel to the knowledge economy and beyond | |
| 22-06-2021 | |
| University of Luxembourg | |
| Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) | |
| Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research-LISER | |
| Luxinnovation | |
| Europe Direct University of Luxembourg | |
| Luxembourg (online event via Webex) | |
| Luxembourg | |
| [en] Luxembourg economy ; Steel industry ; International financial centre ; Economic development ; Service based economy ; Information and knowledge economy ; Crisis ; Economic governance ; Economic and Monetary Union ; European Union ; Transitions | |
| [en] Despite its small size in terms of geography (2,586km2) and population (626,100 people on 1 January 2020), Luxembourg has an open, dynamic, innovative economy that is one of the most successful at international level – in 2019 its GDP per capita was 261% the European average and its growth rate was the third highest of the EU’s then 28 Member States – and also one of the least affected by the COVID-19 crisis. This can be explained by its sector-based structure, in which activities and services related to the financial centre, together with information and communication technologies, transport and non-market services, play a key role; by the existence of a highly qualified, multilingual, mobile (cross-border) workforce; and also by the proactive economic policy pursued by the country’s authorities throughout its history. Looking back, we can see that Luxembourg has gone through several transitions and dealt with a number of serious crises. Following on from the predominantly rural economy of the 19th century, the first half of the 20th century was characterised by an industrial economy based on the iron and steel industry and the latter part of the century by a service-based economy centred around the financial centre, ultimately leading to the emergence of an information and knowledge economy which is gradually taking shape in the 21st century. References. 1)STATEC (2021), “Luxembourg in figures, 2020”. Source: https://statistiques.public.lu/catalogue-publications/luxembourg-en-chiffres/2020/luxembourg-figures.pdf; 2). To find out more about the historical development of the Luxembourg economy, see Gérard Trausch (2012), “Les mutations économiques et sociales de la société luxembourgeoise depuis la révolution française | |
| Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI) | |
| European Commission - EC ; University of Luxembourg ; Europe Direct Unviersity of Luxembourg | |
| Europe Direct University of Luxembourg | |
| Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48099 | |
| https://youtu.be/ag1D1pm3Mv0 | |
| Programme
- Introduction – Dr Elena Danescu - “Luxembourg: The path from the steel economy to the knowledge economy” – Dr Franz Clément, Researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) – “Looking always to the future” (Luxinnovation) - Debate with the audience (Elena Danescu and Franz Clément) - Conclusion - Dr Elena Danescu |
| File(s) associated to this reference | ||||||||||||||
|
Fulltext file(s):
| ||||||||||||||
All documents in ORBilu are protected by a user license.
