The impact of higher education on employment in the labour market: Lithuanian case

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Dalia Bernatonyte
Jadvyga Ciburiene
Zaneta Simanaviciene
Grazina Startiene

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This study aims to investigate the employment of higher education in Lithuanian labour market between 2005 and 2014. Today, this problem is relevant to Lithuania, as level of high school graduates employment is changing yearly. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the impact of higher education on employment in Lithuanian labour market. Seeking to define the impact of higher education on employment in Lithuanian labour market, analysis and synthesis of scientific literature about the influence of education on the labour market; systematic statistical data analysis of Lithuanian education and employment and unemployment rate are presented. In order to compare the impact of Lithuanian higher education on employment rate, unemployment rate and real labour productivity with other countries of the EU-28, the correlation analysis are used. Results indicate that education attainment has influence on employment and unemployment level in Lithuanian labour market and relationship between higher education and employment, unemployment and real labour productivity are dominated in all the EU-28 countries.


 


Keywords: education; higher education; employment;  unemployment; labour productivity.

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Bernatonyte, D., Ciburiene, J., Simanaviciene, Z., & Startiene, G. (2019). The impact of higher education on employment in the labour market: Lithuanian case. Contemporary Educational Researches Journal, 9(1), 56–64. https://doi.org/10.18844/cerj.v9i1.3821
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