The Impact of Human Capital on Technology-Intensive Exports, with Special Reference to Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe
Session
Management, Business and Economics
Description
This paper examines the impact of human capital on technology-intensive exports from 27 European countries, with special reference to transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The empirical investigation makes use of various human capital and technology-intensive export measures which allows the drawing of more comprehensive inference. To assess the robustness of the results, a diversified modelling strategy is employed. The empirical assessment provides sufficient evidence to support the hypothesized positive link between the share of population who have attained tertiary education and the share of medium and high-technology exports for the full sample of countries, the effect being relatively stronger for the high-technology category. When transition and non-transition economies are assessed separately, the empirical evidence is mixed. The findings from the export sophistication analysis appear to support the importance of the share of population with tertiary education for the export sophistication of non-transition economies only. Some supporting evidence is also found for the positive role of the quality of education.
Keywords:
Technology-intensive exports, Human Capital, Transition Economies.
Session Chair
Edmond Hajrizi
Session Co-Chair
Naim Preniqi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-19-2
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
26-10-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2019 12:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.329
Recommended Citation
Mulliqi, Arta, "The Impact of Human Capital on Technology-Intensive Exports, with Special Reference to Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe" (2019). UBT International Conference. 329.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2019/events/329
The Impact of Human Capital on Technology-Intensive Exports, with Special Reference to Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe
Pristina, Kosovo
This paper examines the impact of human capital on technology-intensive exports from 27 European countries, with special reference to transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The empirical investigation makes use of various human capital and technology-intensive export measures which allows the drawing of more comprehensive inference. To assess the robustness of the results, a diversified modelling strategy is employed. The empirical assessment provides sufficient evidence to support the hypothesized positive link between the share of population who have attained tertiary education and the share of medium and high-technology exports for the full sample of countries, the effect being relatively stronger for the high-technology category. When transition and non-transition economies are assessed separately, the empirical evidence is mixed. The findings from the export sophistication analysis appear to support the importance of the share of population with tertiary education for the export sophistication of non-transition economies only. Some supporting evidence is also found for the positive role of the quality of education.