Rendimiento económico de la educación superior en Ecuador: Un análisis por campo de conocimiento

Abstract

Abstract:.The present end-of-degree research assumes the main objective of examining the economic performance of higher education in Ecuador, an analysis by field of knowledge; Under this context, the theory of human capital is exposed, which affirms that: investment in education is fundamental for the development of nations since it improves the income of individuals, reduces unemployment and redistributes the wealth of nations; After the theoretical contextualization, a description was made of world behavior and the relationship between the level of education and employment and consequently in remuneration. As part of this analysis, explanatory models were developed to observe sequences of cause and effect, based on the regression in the first instance of the traditional Mincer equation, in the second the Mincer equation with significant variables; that is, variables such as: urban area, experience, age, marital status, ethnicity, and grade level obtained generated a variation from 35% to 73.77% in income. In summary, in the Ecuadorian national territory there is a variation of 71% in people's income when they have a university degree.