Correlation between Tertiary Education Graduates by Field of Study and Economic Development—An analysis of European countries

• Main Authors: Hojs Potočnik, Jarmila, Tominc, Polona
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Slovenian
• Published: De Gruyter Open 2013
• Subjects: tertiary education; fields of study; GDP/capita; terciarno izobraževanje; področja izobraževanja; BDP/preb; Malo; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://journals.um.si/index.php/oe/article/view/2317

In this paper the correlation between the structure of graduates by study fields (using ISCED 1997 classification) and real GDP per capita is analyzed for the 25 countries of the European Union, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. Although the relationship between education and economic development ha...