Human capital effects on labour productivity in EU regions

The category of human capital has increased in importance with the emergence of human capital theory in the 1960s. The interest in innovativeness is a result of successive waves of industrial revolutions and technical progress. The article aims to estimate human capital and innovation in Polish voivodeships 2004–2018 as an essential determinant of socio-economic development in emerging economies. The regional dimension related to human capital and innovativeness is rarely studied in a socio-economic context. Additionally, the main contribution of the paper is that we propose an extraordinary set of variables capturing quantitative and qualitative aspects of regional research. To measure these factors, we propose a set of sub-indices describing the state of human capital and innovation. The delimitation of regions was carried out using the method of Czekanowski. The study results confirmed the polarization of voivodeships in Poland, generally according to Eastern and Western Poland. Unfortunately, it turns out that despite the economic growth in the country in recent years, disparities within the human capital of voivodeships are increasing. This makes it challenging to unleash innovation and enter a faster and more sustainable path of growth.

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“…The impact of human capital and innovation on economic growth in European regions has been demonstrated by many other authors [38][39][40][41].…”

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The State of Human Capital and Innovativeness of Polish Voivodships in 2004–2018

Jagódka

Snarska

2021

Sustainability

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Is higher education more important for firms than research? Disentangling university spillovers

Bonaccorsi,

Barin,

Belingheri

et al. 2023

J Technol Transf

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The paper is the first attempt to integrate microdata on universities and firms across most European countries in order to disentangle the impact of knowledge spillovers from human capital (graduates) and intellectual capital (codified research output) on the performance of firms. Data cover all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) registered in the official European Tertiary Education Register (ETER). Data on performance of firms are from ORBIS and refer to change in the 2011–2015 period in turnover, total assets, intangible assets, and employment. Firms are georeferred and the spillovers from all HEIs located at a given distance are summed and integrated. The findings suggest that, among knowledge spillovers, the creation of human capital via education of students has a larger impact than the circulation of research knowledge. Moreover, the two factors seem to be complements rather than substitutes. Spatial proximity is important for embodied knowledge spillovers (i.e. educated people), while for codified and disembodied spillovers (citations to publications) the spatial dimension is less relevant. The findings have important managerial and policy-making consequences.

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Transmission of economic growth between neighboring countries in Europe

Kim

2024

Applied Economics

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Human capital effects on labour productivity in EU regions

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The State of Human Capital and Innovativeness of Polish Voivodships in 2004–2018

The State of Human Capital and Innovativeness of Polish Voivodships in 2004–2018

Is higher education more important for firms than research? Disentangling university spillovers

Transmission of economic growth between neighboring countries in Europe

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