Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234697 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-01115
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
We analyze mismatches between local labor markets and higher education enrollments in 22 educational fields across 137 mesoregions in Brazil between 2009 and 2016 using a two-stage regression model. Local labor markets have a significant effect on enrollment rates by field in higher education institutions and need to be considered by educational policies to prevent skill mismatches. Moreover, a large share of public universities, urban population and low unemployment rates are associated with low mismatches. Public universities address skills shortages, particularly in poor regions and natural sciences, better than private universities that contribute to oversupply, e.g. in business or law.
Subjects: 
local labor markets
higher education
skills mismatch
public and private institutions
JEL: 
R12
I23
H52
J24
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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