Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36034 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4453
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The paper analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using various indicators of human capital calculated from census microdata, we conclude that the recent economic performance of European regions is associated with an increase in overeducation. In fact, measures of educational mismatch seem to be more strongly connected to regional economic performance than do other traditional measures of human capital stock.
Subjects: 
Regional economic growth
human capital
educational mismatch
overeducation
JEL: 
O18
O47
R23
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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