Employability, over-education, Bologna – or Is it good if an analyst economist drives tram number 6? Cover Image

Foglalkoztathatóság, túlképzés, Bologna
Employability, over-education, Bologna – or Is it good if an analyst economist drives tram number 6?

Author(s): István Polónyi
Subject(s): Education, Labor relations, Higher Education , Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Bologna; Higher education; Employability; Labor market; Over-education;

Summary/Abstract: The author analyses the effects of the emergence of mass higher education in relation to the phenomena of employment and employability. The analysis relies on national and international data. First, the study defines the concept of employability; then it presents the relationship between employability and economic theory. The analysis looks at the reasons for the emergence of mass higher education and its effects on the labor market. After this, the study will examine the relationship between over-education and the quality of gained qualifications. The writing also deals with two-level training – giving a solution to problems of mass higher education and labor relations. Finally, the study provides us with the conclusion that the state’s funding role is open to question when it comes to mass higher education and academic and economic relations as well, so that the employability of graduates should be re-evaluated.

  • Issue Year: 19/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 384-401
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Hungarian