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Compensation for poor performance through social background in tertiary education choices

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ID4097930
AuthorsHelena Troiano (0000-0002-8352-2415, Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain), Dani Torrents (0000-0001-9061-445X, AQU Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain), Lidia Daza (0000-0003-4307-7625, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue6
Pages1225-1240
Publication date2021-06-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2019.1666262
OpenAlexW2972838735
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited34

In this paper, we use longitudinal data to examine the compensation effect when young students decide among different tertiary education options. We begin with an analysis of the transition to higher vocational training programmes or university degree programmes. For those choosing the university option, we then analyse the risk (high or low) of degree programme completion. Longitudinal data enables control variables from years before the decision is made, and variables affecting previous compensation processes, to be introduced into the logistic regression model. The results show that the compensation effect has a weak influence when deciding amongst enrolment options for tertiary education

Actuarial science · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Logistic regression · Management · Pedagogy · Statistics · Vocational education · Higher Education Research Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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