Higher Education in Resource-Type Regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18992513 |
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| Authors | Margarita V Kurbatova, Маргарита Владимировна Курбатова (0000-0002-7017-5266, Kemerovo State University), Inna V Donova, Инна Вениаминовна Донова (0000-0001-9370-5402, Kemerovo State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 2217-2229 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Siberian Federal University Humanities & Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1997-1370 • E-ISSN: 2313-6014 |
| Publisher | Siberian Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.17516/1997-1370-0520 |
| OpenAlex | W3000538955 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Currently, attention to regional economies of resource type is on the rise. Many papers dealing the “resource curse” problem discuss the mechanisms forming a trap of human capital underdevelopment. This article is an attempt to find out whether resource dependence of the region affects the development of regional higher education systems and the characteristics of high-quality accumulated human capital. The basis for this study is a fuzzy typology of the Russian regions based on two indicators: the share of extractive industries in GRP, the ratio of the shares of extractive and manufacturing industries, and the calculation of a comprehensive assessment of resource dependence (on the scale from 0 to 10). The calculations made it possible to identify 27 resource-type regions. The authors analyzed the indicators of the educational level of the employed population and the peculiarities of its use (accumulated human capital), the number of university students (human capital flow), as well as dependence of the reduction in the number of academic staff and growth in their salaries on the level of the region’s resource dependence. The study found dependence in the use of high-quality human capital on the resource specialization of the regions. It is manifested in a fairly high educational level of the workforce employed in mining industries and in the public sector, as well as with specialized training. Moreover, based on the levels of changes in the number of faculty and growth of their salaries, it is possible to observe an increase in the uneven development of the education systems of the resource-type regions, deepening differentiation of universities downshifting most of them towards the periphery of the educational space with a shortage of human and other resources
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Human resources · Management · Natural resource · Political science · Population · Resource curse · Resource dependence theory · Sociology · Typology · Workforce · Computer Science · Engineering and Environmental Studies · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Regional Economic Development and Innovation
| Highly cited | No |
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