<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The analysis, based on a Polish national sample from 2006, aims to cast light on the regional variation in the effect of education on incomes. Building on the conceptual framework developed in the theory of human capital we investigate to what extent pay-offs for human capital differ across detailed administrative districts in Poland. By incorporating contextual characteristics, we examine how micro- and macro-level factors shape labour market outcomes. Our findings provide further support for the hypothesis that there is much regional variation in the influence of education on incomes, which suggests that there are better and worse places for the development of a meritocratic distribution of incomes. It appears that education pays more highly in more economically-developed regions, marked by a higher rate of occupational activity.</p></abstract>

The analysis, based on a Polish national sample from 2006, aims to cast light on the regional variation in the effect of education on incomes. Building on the conceptual framework developed in the theory of human capital we investigate to what extent pay-offs for human capital differ across detailed administrative districts in Poland. By incorporating contextual characteristics, we examine how micro- and macro-level factors shape labour market outcomes. Our findings provide further support for the hypothesis that there is much regional variation in the influence of education on incomes, which suggests that there are better and worse places for the development of a meritocratic distribution of incomes. It appears that education pays more highly in more economically-developed regions, marked by a higher rate of occupational activity.

Regional variation in the effect of schooling on people's incomes in Poland

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology

Miscellanea Geographica

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The analysis, based on a Polish national sample from 2006, aims to cast light on the regional variation in the effect of education on incomes. Building on the...

Regional variation in the effect of schooling on people's incomes in Poland

Published Online: Mar 20, 2015

Page range: 12 - 18

Received: Apr 25, 2014

Accepted: Oct 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0029

Keywords
Incomes, returns from education, PISA, regional variation, meritocracy

© Henryk Domański, Artur Pokropek

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Regional variation in the effect of schooling on people's incomes in Poland

Published Online: Mar 20, 2015

Page range: 12 - 18

Received: Apr 25, 2014

Accepted: Oct 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0029

KeywordsIncomes, returns from education, PISA, regional variation, meritocracy

© Henryk Domański, Artur Pokropek

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Incomes, returns from education, PISA, regional variation, meritocracy