The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Social Exclusion in Higher Education
| Thesis title: | The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Social Exclusion in Higher Education |
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| Author: | Ryckenberg, Samuel |
| Thesis type: | Diploma thesis |
| Supervisor: | Vltavská, Kristýna |
| Opponents: | Zelený, Martin |
| Thesis language: | English |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of socioeconomic statusimpact in higher education and how social exclusion in higher education may be reduced. Itaims to answer which socioeconomic variables that impact a person’s decision to pursue ahigher education. The thesis also discusses how social exclusion in higher education can bereduced. The thesis practical analysis is based on data from the EU-Statistics on Income andLiving Conditions. Three countries are included in the analysis; the Czech Republic, Swedenand the United Kingdom. The main statistical methods used in the thesis are the independentsamples t-test, the Mann Whitney U test and binary logistic regression. The results obtained bythe thesis are discussed and compared to previous research conducted within the same studyfield. |
| Keywords: | EU-SILC; higher education; inequality; social exclusion; binary logistic regression; socioeconomic status; tertiary education; university education |
| Thesis title: | The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Social Exclusion in Higher Education |
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| Author: | Ryckenberg, Samuel |
| Thesis type: | Diplomová práce |
| Supervisor: | Vltavská, Kristýna |
| Opponents: | Zelený, Martin |
| Thesis language: | English |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of socioeconomic statusimpact in higher education and how social exclusion in higher education may be reduced. Itaims to answer which socioeconomic variables that impact a person’s decision to pursue ahigher education. The thesis also discusses how social exclusion in higher education can bereduced. The thesis practical analysis is based on data from the EU-Statistics on Income andLiving Conditions. Three countries are included in the analysis; the Czech Republic, Swedenand the United Kingdom. The main statistical methods used in the thesis are the independentsamples t-test, the Mann Whitney U test and binary logistic regression. The results obtained bythe thesis are discussed and compared to previous research conducted within the same studyfield. |
| Keywords: | EU-SILC; binary logistic regression; higher education; inequality; social exclusion; socioeconomic status; tertiary education; university education |
Information about study
| Study programme: | Kvantitativní metody v ekonomice/Quantitative Economic Analysis |
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| Type of study programme: | Magisterský studijní program |
| Assigned degree: | Ing. |
| Institutions assigning academic degree: | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Informatics and Statistics |
| Department: | Department of Economic Statistics |
Information on submission and defense
| Date of assignment: | 12. 10. 2017 |
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| Date of submission: | 5. 5. 2018 |
| Date of defense: | 11. 6. 2018 |
| Identifier in the InSIS system: | https://insis.vse.cz/zp/63477/podrobnosti |