The impact of education on improving labour market outcomes in developing countries – evidence from Kosovo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21157060 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mic Ukaj (Department of Economics, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo, corresponding author), Avdullah Hoti (0000-0002-5312-0300, Department of Economics, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo), Rahmije Mustafa-Topxhiu (Department of Economics, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 719-734 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-3857 • E-ISSN: 1743-9639 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14683857.2023.2231680 |
| OpenAlex | W4383721862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in studying the relationship between education and its impacts on the labour market. While the relationship between education and wages has been extensively researched, the empirical evidence regarding employment opportunities remains poor. In this article, we examine the impact of education in improving labour market outcomes of working-age individuals in Kosova, emphasizing its role in the probability of employment. Our analysis is based on an extensive dataset compiled from Kosova Labour Force Survey for 2015, 2016 and 2017, which includes more than 75 thousand observations. Using the probit model, we analyse the impact of education on the probability of employment and labour force participation in Kosova. Our findings show that, relative to those with no formal education, the likelihood of being employed increases by 26.9% for individuals with primary education, while for those with secondary and tertiary education, the likelihood increases by 55 and 76.6%, respectively. We see these significant changes in employment opportunities due to education as significant returns to investment in education that have driven the increasing trends in educational enrolment in recent years
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Education economics · Education policy · Empirical evidence · Formal education · Higher education · Labour economics · Ordered probit · Political science · Probit · Probit model · Sociology · Economic Growth and Productivity · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |