Students in Canada and the Czech Republic - socioeconomic factors and their impact

Thesis title: Students in Canada and the Czech Republic - socioeconomic factors and their impact
Author: Hellingman, Sean
Thesis type: Diploma thesis
Supervisor: Mazouch, Petr
Opponents: Jirková, Michaela
Thesis language: English
Abstract:
This thesis examines the choices of individuals with respect to higher education in the Czech Republic and Canada. Specifically, how does the students’ socioeconomic backgrounds influence their study decisions. Data from the Czech The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey and the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics were used to identify and quantify the magnitude of the influences of students’ entry to university. Furthermore, data from the Czech EUROSTUDENT and the Canadian National Graduates Survey was used to see how students and graduates’ socioeconomic backgrounds influenced their choice in study field. Individuals from more households with higher socioeconomic status were more likely to enter university than people who were less well off in both countries. However, the impact of this social selectivity seems to differ between the two nations. The choice of study field is significantly influenced by the individual’s socioeconomic background in similar ways in both nations. Social selectivity is ever present in higher education in the Czech Republic and Canada.
Keywords: higher education; social selectivity; logistic regression
Thesis title: Students in Canada and the Czech Republic - socioeconomic factors and their impact
Author: Hellingman, Sean
Thesis type: Diplomová práce
Supervisor: Mazouch, Petr
Opponents: Jirková, Michaela
Thesis language: English
Abstract:
This thesis examines the choices of individuals with respect to higher education in the Czech Republic and Canada. Specifically, how does the students’ socioeconomic backgrounds influence their study decisions. Data from the Czech The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey and the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics were used to identify and quantify the magnitude of the influences of students’ entry to university. Furthermore, data from the Czech EUROSTUDENT and the Canadian National Graduates Survey was used to see how students and graduates’ socioeconomic backgrounds influenced their choice in study field. Individuals from more households with higher socioeconomic status were more likely to enter university than people who were less well off in both countries. However, the impact of this social selectivity seems to differ between the two nations. The choice of study field is significantly influenced by the individual’s socioeconomic background in similar ways in both nations. Social selectivity is ever present in higher education in the Czech Republic and Canada.
Keywords: higher education; social selectivity; logistic regression

Information about study

Study programme: Kvantitativní metody v ekonomice/Quantitative Economic Analysis
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: 15. 11. 2017
Date of submission: 13. 5. 2018
Date of defense: 11. 6. 2018
Identifier in the InSIS system: https://insis.vse.cz/zp/63881/podrobnosti

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