Human Capital and regional disparities in Slovakia

The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. Appropriate human resources are important to determine whether regions are able to participate in the innovation process. The paper deals with some indicators to proxy the human capital stock both at the national and regional level. To get an impression on the location of innovation areas in Slovakia, the spatial distribution of knowledge is also examined. The paper analyses the regional structure and changes of educational qualifications and R&D expenditure. Furthermore, it sets out that human capital is a new resource, which has more and more important role in shaping of territorial processes.