The comparison of comparative advantage of higher education and value added of economics in Kurdistan province

The aim of the present article is to investigate the comparative advantage of state higher education majors in Kurdistan province in bachelor’s degree and associate degree from 1382 to 1385 in Kurdistan University and boys and girls’ junior colleges in Sanandaj as the most important centers of state higher education in province and its comparison with economic advantages of this region. The results of the computation of comparative advantage that has been done by the revealed comparative advantage of Ballassa show that Kurdistan province has comparative advantage in 8 sections and 37 activities out of 15 sections and 72 economic activities but although most of the majors have comparative advantage in higher education, there is not so much accordance with economic sections’ advantage due to limitations in majors. There is also difference between KurdistanUniversity and boys and girls’ junior colleges in Sanandaj in priority of comparative advantage of majors and the degree of accordance with economic sections.