• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Local labor markets and higher education mismatch: What is the role of public and private institutions?
  • Contributor: Arias Ortiz, Elena [Author]; Kaltenberg, Mary [Author]; Jara-Figueroa, Cristian [Author]; Bornacelly, Ivan [Author]; Hartmann, Dominik [Author]
  • Published: Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2020
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.18235/0002295
  • Keywords: H52 ; skills mismatch ; I23 ; local labor markets ; higher education ; public and private institutions ; R12 ; J24
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  • Description: We analyze mismatches between local labor markets and higher education enrollments in 22 educational fields across 137 mesoregions in Brazil between 2009 and 2016 using a two-stage regression model. Local labor markets have a significant effect on enrollment rates by field in higher education institutions and need to be considered by educational policies to prevent skill mismatches. Moreover, a large share of public universities, urban population and low unemployment rates are associated with low mismatches. Public universities address skills shortages, particularly in poor regions and natural sciences, better than private universities that contribute to oversupply, e.g. in business or law.
  • Access State: Open Access