A Framework For Assessing Higher Education Supply and Demand Results for the Southern Region: 1970-80

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse whether there is an adjustment between the Portuguese higher education supply and the needs of the labour market.Design/methodology/approachAn empirical study is performed, using a quantitative approach, relating the job offers for graduates registered at the employment centres and the number of graduates by higher education institutions (HEIs) in Portugal, at an aggregate level and NUT II regions, by areas of education and training, over the 2003–2018 period. To understand how job offers and graduates are correlated, bilateral Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were calculated.FindingsThe results show that, in large groups of educational areas, exists a match between the higher education supply and the labour market needs, with an emphasis on the fields of “social sciences, business and law”, “engineering, manufacturing and construction” and “health and welfare”. However, at a more disaggregated level, a mismatch in the sub-areas of “teacher training and education science” and “computing” was found since labour market needs are much greater than graduates by HEIs and the two variables are moving in opposite directions.Practical implicationsThe study has revealed important aspects that the educational policy should take into account in order to create the conditions for a gradual adjustment to the labour market needs. Also, the results demonstrate that some measures should be taken in short/medium term to avoid problems in the medium/long term.Originality/valueOne implication of this empirical study was the elaboration of a correspondence table to standardise the data analysis units from two different sources. As this correspondence did not exist prior to this study, this output is a relevant contribution to the research field. Another important contribution is the demonstration of a mismatch in some educational sub-areas that deserves special attention from educational policymakers.

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Understanding the Effectiveness of Higher Education System: Evidences from Market Outcomes of Early University Graduates in Seven European Countries

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12187761 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 7761

Author(s):

Zhen Yue ◽

Kai Zhao

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Economic Development ◽

Education System ◽

Course Design ◽

Labour Force ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

European Countries ◽

Creative Economy ◽

University Graduates ◽

Socio Economic Development

Being enlightened by Richard Florida’s seminal work on the creative class, this paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of higher education institutions to cultivate a workforce with utilised skills that meet the demand of labour market in the context of sustainable socio-economic development. Based on the macro and micro data generated from Eurostat and the Europe Labour Force Survey (EU LFS), the supply and demand condition of early graduates and the mismatch rate between early graduates’ education backgrounds and actual jobs they undertook are estimated by a multinomial logit model in seven European countries. The findings suggest that, (1) higher education has a significant impact on the formation of specific sustainability competencies that contribute to the development of creative economy; (2) many creative workers also have a high probability of finding jobs that are not commensurate with their qualifications; (3) the effect of higher education policies appears to be heterogeneous across different countries. Therefore, we argue that policy makers should increase awareness about connecting internal measures of education system (e.g., course design) directly to aims and scopes of sustainable socio-economic development scenarios, and joint efforts shall be made to reduce such mismatch rates for particular subjects that are identified by regular monitoring procedures or programmes on the basis of full consideration of interests and reasonable requirements across different countries in Europe.

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On the issue of supply and demand of marketing specialists in the Ulyanovsk region

Standards and Monitoring in Education ◽

10.12737/7623 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 42-47

Author(s):

�� ◽

Marina Saburova ◽

�� ◽

R. Galeeva

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Labor Market ◽

Vocational Training ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Education Institution ◽

Higher Education Institution ◽

Marketing Education ◽

Ulyanovsk Region ◽

The One

Many publications of Russian and foreign researchers tell about need of critical reconsideration of programs of marketing education. The priority in this process is taken by a problem of reduction of the content of vocational training of marketing specialists in compliance with the requirements of labor market. The cause is that, on the one hand, the demand of graduates is observed by labor market, on the other hand - employers are not quite satisfied with the level of their competence. Results of research of a demand of marketing specialists by labor market of the Ulyanovsk region and poll of the high school teachers participating in vocational training of marketing specialists about the formed competences and personal characteristics of future marketing specialists are presented in this article. In the article the attention to a question of is also paid what professional knowledge, abilities and personal qualities is not enough for the young specialists in marketing who just left walls of higher education institution, ways of overcoming of barriers "good theoretical base - bad orientation to practical activities" within training are given in higher education institution. In the conclusion the conclusion about what "portrait" of the modern marketing specialist who left walls of higher education institution is drawn.

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Studies of supply and demand in higher Education

Economics of Education Review ◽

10.1016/0272-7757(95)90109-4 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 93-95

Author(s):

William E. Becker

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Supply And Demand

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Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management ◽

10.2307/3325401 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 605

Author(s):

Lourel L. McFarland ◽

Charles T. Clotfelter ◽

Michael Rothschild

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Supply And Demand

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RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMIC INTERACTION OF THE LABOR MARKET AND HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR IN UKRAINE

Economic innovations ◽

10.31520/ei.2020.22.1(74).37-51 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (1(74)) ◽

pp. 37-51

Author(s):

O.M. GUTSALYUK ◽

A.S. NAVOLOKINA

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Medical Education ◽

Labor Market ◽

Human Resources ◽

Labor Markets ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Educational Services ◽

Economic Interaction ◽

Higher Medical Education

Topicality The relevance of the research of the economic interaction of the labor market and human resources in the healthcare sector is growing today, as it is necessary to involve all interested parties to effective interaction, to ensure the flexibility of higher and vocational education system by adjustment of labor training to the needs of employers. Aim and tasks. The goal of the study is to analyze the interaction of labor markets and education, identify the main disadvantages of this interaction and develop proposals to increase its productivity in the context of meeting the needs and interests of the subjects of these markets. Research results. The interaction of labor markets and educational services can be considered as coordinated behavior of entities engaged in economic activity in these markets in order to balance the supply and demand for skilled labor, create conditions for socio-economic growth of the national economy through the reproduction of human capital and increasing the competitiveness of the workforce. The economic interaction of the labor market and the human resources in the healthcare sector of Ukraine has been analyzed. An assessment of the competitiveness of the field of higher medical education and its institutions in the context of the economic interaction has been carried out. The level of the economic interaction of the educational services market and the labor market has been determined. The process of harmonization of the labor market of EU countries and Ukraine has been investigated. The main causes and disadvantages of the economic interaction of the educational services and the labor markets have been identified. The directions of improvement of the forecasting process of the labor market development as measures of improving the productivity of the studied processes are suggested. The approach to determining the competitive position of a higher medical education institution using a qualimetric approach has been considered, where educational and pedagogical work, personnel, scientific work and international activity are chosen as parameters. The main factor by the parameter of educational and pedagogical work is the medical work, which includes the following evaluation criteria: the number of university clinics, consultative and surgical activity of employees during the year, participation in the creation of clinical protocols, the availability of medical qualification among the teachers, technology acquisition of practical skills. According to the results of competitiveness assessment of higher education institutions, it is proposed to determine the following levels: critical (low); sufficient (average); high (higher than average); excellent (very high). Conclusion. The results of the study indicate an unsatisfactory level of the economic interaction of the labor market and the human resources in the healthcare sector in Ukraine, which is manifested in an imbalance in supply and demand for specialists in the relevant specialties, the low percentage of employed graduates of HEI, the high share of unemployed with higher education and the absence of direct connection between the amount of expenses on the education and the quality of educational services, the imperfection in the information support system and the poor state of forecasting processes in the main indicators of functioning and development of the labor market.

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