Highly Educated Labor Surpluses and Educational Planning in Developing Countries
A Case Study of Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11401543 |
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| Authors | Antonio Lagana (0000-0002-3886-7342, a Faculté des sciences de l'administration , Université Laval, corresponding author), Mauricio Galan (b Department of Economics , University of Texas , Austin) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-31 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0225-5189 • E-ISSN: 2158-9100 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02255189.1990.9669381 |
| OpenAlex | W2037049231 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In this article we present briefly our global approach in modelling the demand for and supply of human resources by skills and by educational levels and analyse results from its application to Mexico. Generally, the results shown by multisectoral planning models where different labor skills are taken into account seem to indicate a need for accelerated investment of resources in the production of high educational levels skills. By simultaneously taking into account educational levels and skills our model provides results where labor surpluses exist in most educational levels and for the whole planning horizon. The belief that more productive resources should be directed to higher levels of education rather than to lower ones because of the existence of lower unemployment rates in the former, is challenged
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Human resources · Investment (military · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Management · Political science · Production (economics · Time horizon · Unemployment · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Regional Development and Innovation · Finance
| Highly cited | No |
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