Title Determinants of economic development and employability of higher education institutions graduates /
Authors Krajnakova, Emilia ; Pilinkienė, Vaida ; Bulko, Patrik
DOI 10.5755/j01.ee.31.2.24751
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Is Part of Inžinerinė ekonomika = Engineering economics.. Kaunas : KTU. 2020, vol. 31, iss. 2, p. 211-220.. ISSN 1392-2785. eISSN 2029-5839
Keywords [eng] higher education institutions ; employment ; unemployment ; tertiary education ; graduates ; economic development
Abstract [eng] The scope of the data presented in this study offers a comprehensive view of the issue of the HEI graduates employability in the Czech Republic and also in the Slovak Republic – related to determinants of economic development and their impact on them. This paper examines the impact of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by only higher education sector and foreign direct investment on HEI graduates employability. The results indicate that correlation between unemployment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP, GERD and FDI values was very big. Correlation relationship of similar determinants, except determinant GERD in conditions of the Czech Republic was characterized as weak. On the other hand, significantly stronger (very big to perfect) correlation affecting employment of tertiary educated Czechs regarding to indicators of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by sector of higher education and foreign direct investments as well. In conditions of the Slovak Republic, correlation relationship between employment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP was almost perfect.
Published Kaunas : KTU
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2020
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