PRIESTOROVÉ ASPEKTY VÝVOJA VYSOKOŠKOLSKY VZDELANÉHO OBYVATEĽSTVA NA SLOVENSKU MEDZI ROKMI 1991 AŽ 2021
SPATIAL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERTIARY-EDUCATED POPULATION IN SLOVAKIA BETWEEN 1991 AND 2021

Author(s): Oliver RAFAJ, Dana Kubenkova
Subject(s): Higher Education , Social development, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: human capital; tertiary-educated population; population density; municipality;
Summary/Abstract: The tertiary-educated population is considered an important production factor in the economy. This paper focuses on the development of the tertiary-educated population in Slovak municipalities over the last thirty years. In this paper, we focused on examining the development of human capital at the level of Slovak municipalities, which ultimately represents a development in more than 2,800 territorial units. The aim of the paper was to present the spatial aspects of the development of the tertiary-educated population in Slovakia. Furthermore, we wanted to examine what changes occurred during the observed period in the supply of the tertiary-educated population among the municipalities of Slovakia. Moreover, we examined the relationship between the development of the tertiary-educated population and the population density. Tertiary-educated population represents the highest level of human capital and is associated with positive socio-economic effects not only for individuals, but also for larger society. High population density indicates the presence of a larger number of firms, as well as a larger number and a wider variety of services, which are characteristic for cities. In this paper, we estimated the functional relationship between the increase in the tertiary-educated population and the level of population density at the municipal level. The results show that in a municipality, where one extra inhabitant lives per square kilometre, the number of tertiary-educated inhabitants increased by four between 1991 and 2021.

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