Investment in professional qualification: an economic approach in its importance - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i1.14181

Authors

  • Cláudia Bueno Rocha-Vidigal Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Vinícius Gonçalves Vidigal Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i1.14181

Keywords:

labor market, productive restructuring process, professional qualification

Abstract

The productive restructuring process by which the economy has passed requires constant adjustments and improvements in the labor market. The increasing competitiveness and the search for better levels of productivity require increasingly high investments in professional qualification. Considering this context, this study sought to explain the key aspects involved in professional qualification investment, as well as its various forms, its sponsors and the situation of the employed population in Brazil in relation to schooling, income and training. The prevailing economic approach furthers the understanding of the impacts of qualification for the individual, companies and the economy as a whole.

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Author Biographies

  • Cláudia Bueno Rocha-Vidigal, Universidade Estadual de Maringá
    Mestranda em Economia Aplicada pela Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ/USP). Professora do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM).
  • Vinícius Gonçalves Vidigal, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
    Mestre em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Professor do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM).

Published

2012-03-22

Issue

Section

Economy

How to Cite

Investment in professional qualification: an economic approach in its importance - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i1.14181. (2012). Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 34(1), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i1.14181

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