THE IMPACT OF SCHOOLCHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL CHOICES ON THE QUALITY OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE REGION
D.A. Gainanov, A.G. Ataeva, L.I. Migranova, A.R. Atnabaeva
Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia
Keywords: human capital, applicants, educational migration, youth migration, migration behavior, higher education
Abstract
One of the reasons for the outflow and decline in the quality of human capital in Russian regions is educational migration, which is influenced by many factors, including the geography around schoolchildren’s educational choices (which university and where it is located) and further non-return of university graduates to their place of origin. The article considers the spatial features of schoolchildren’s educational choices in the region, using the Republic of Bashkortostan for a case study. It identifies how much highly qualified personnel leave the republic by comparing the attractiveness coefficients of Russian universities with the share of highly qualified personnel in the in- and out-migration. Spatial aspects of educational choices are analyzed through a questionnaire-based sociological survey of schoolchildren attending 10th and 11th grades in urban and municipal districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan as regards their selection of a place of study. We investigate the results of such a choice depending on the student’s place of residence, class profile, and family wealth. The territorial distribution of schoolchildren’s preferences by municipal and urban districts is studied in relation to the ratings of universities in neighboring regions and their geographical proximity.
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