Investice do vzdělání a jejich vliv na hospodářský růst

This bachelor’s thesis focuses on the financing of tertiary education in selected European countries. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the development of expenditure on tertiary education in the Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland, assess its relationship with economic growth and the Human Development Index, and identify differences in the approaches of individual countries to financing higher education. The thesis is based on secondary data from Eurostat, the OECD, the IMF and Our World in Data, and uses descriptive, correlation and comparative analysis. The results show a positive statistical relationship between public expenditure on tertiary education, GDP and HDI, although the strength of these relationships differs across the countries. The conclusions highlight the importance of stable, transparent and strategically oriented financing of higher education and formulate possible sources of inspiration for the Czech context.