Creation And Absorption Of Human Capital By Academic Cities In Poland

• Authors: Mikolaj Herbst
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Human capital stock affects economic growth by raising the productivity of labour in a given area or by enhancing the ability of the regional economy to create and absorb innovations. From the perspective of an academic city, this process can be reinforced by attracting students and researchers to study and work at the local universities. To do this successfully, the city needs not only high quality academic institutions but also a wider labour market for educated individuals and, more generally, the ability to attract the creative class to settle down. The article provides a comparative analysis of the capacity of the largest Polish cities to attract and absorb human capital. The research is based on a unique dataset coming from the nasza-klasa.pl website (which allows users to contact their former classmates). The research concludes with the typology of Polish cities with respect to benefits from performing the academic function.

Keywords

EN

HUMAN CAPITAL; ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY OF A LOCAL ECONOMY; POLAND; ACADEMIC FUNCTION OF CITIES; TYPOLOGY

• Publisher: University of Warsaw - Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) and Regional Studies Association - Polish Section
• Journal: Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
• Year: 2010
• Issue: numer specjalny / special issue
• Pages: 59-76

Contributors

author

Mikolaj Herbst

• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Centrum Europejskich Studiow Regionalnych i Lokalnych (EUROREG), ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland