Abstract
The Slovak Republic is experiencing a growing brain drain of elite secondary school students. Slovak human capital flows chiefly to Czech Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The aim of this paper is to analyse who these Slovak students are to create a complete profile of Slovak students at Czech HEIs. We used a unique dataset based on the surveys EUROSTUDENT V and DOKTORANDI 2014 to explore differences between Czech and Slovak students, their financial situation and the functionality of the intergenerational transmission mechanism. We have found that Slovak students at Czech HEIs come from highly educated families and from the middle and higher class families significantly more often than Czech students at Czech HEIs or Slovak students at Slovak HEIs. Approximately 80% of them came from grammar schools. Slovak students also often have better language skills. We have discovered that Slovak students at Czech HEIs enjoy certain social benefits, slightly more often they have higher monthly income compared to Czech students, and they work slightly less often during their studies. Finally, according to our findings, Slovak doctoral students are often reluctant to return back to the Slovak Republic or to stay in the Czech Republic.
Highlights
The most important of the any nation’s assets is its human capital
We have found that Slovak students at Czech Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) come from highly educated families and from the middle and higher class families significantly more often than Czech students at Czech HEIs or Slovak students at Slovak HEIs
We have discovered that Slovak students at Czech HEIs enjoy certain social benefits, slightly more often they have higher monthly income compared to Czech students, and they work slightly less often during their studies
Summary
The most important of the any nation’s assets is its human capital. Human capital is such a complex combination of the human skills and abilities, that it is nearly impossible to measure it with the necessary accuracy. The most common proxy variable for the human capital level is, the highest education level of the individual (Mazouch, Fischer, 2011). This indicator is due to the unavailability of proper statistical data, further narrowed down to merely formal education. Public funding of formal education is in many cases relatively expansive. Most Western countries are concerned with brain drain – the international transfer of human capital from developing to the developed countries (Rapoport 2002)
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