Are Graduates from the Arts-Related Academic Disciplines More Productive than those from the Science-Related Disciplines?
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Date
2019
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International Journal of Higher Education
Abstract
The experiences of employees from developed countries affirm that those from science/ technology-related
disciplines benefit more through more technological inventions, than those from the Arts/ Humanities-related
disciplines. The study utilizes statistical data of higher education graduates to determine a causal link between
graduates from the two fore mentioned academic disciplines, and labour productivity in the developing country of
Uganda. The data from 1985 to 2017 were analysed using the Vector Error Correction model, and revealed that arts
graduates were as productive as the science graduates. The findings also show the existence of long-term relationship
between academic discipline and labour productivity, as well as a bi-causality between the variables under study.
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Keywords
Female graduates, Male graduates, Labour productivity, Uganda, Vector error correction model
Citation
Kakooza, V., Wamala, R., Wokadala, J., & Bwire, T. (2019). Are Graduates from the Arts-Related Academic Disciplines More Productive than Those from the Science-Related Disciplines?. International Journal of Higher Education, 8(3), 226-234. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v8n3p226