Determining factors of university evasion: An analysis with UNISINOS students

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https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.88622

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dropout of university, logit regression, determinant of dropout of university, opportunity cost, university administration

Abstract

This work aims to conduct an analysis of the determinants of university dropout from the University of the Bells River Valley (UNISINOS). The study was conducted from a representative sample of students in UNISINOS, entrants in the period from 2005 to 2008, and evaluated by Logit regression of the relationship between socioeconomic variables and dropout students. It was concluded that some of the variables had increased relative to the avoidance, for example, the variable subjects canceled, wherein a greater number of cancellations resulted in a higher probability of escaping. Like others who had inverse relation to this phenomenon, as the variable subjects taken, in which a greater number of courses taken per semester, reduced the chances of evading student.

Author Biographies

Vanessa Viégas Alves Furtado, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Mestre em Economia pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Tiago Wickstrom Alves, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Professor na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Doutor em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

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2023-11-01

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Furtado, V. V. A., & Alves, T. W. (2023). Determining factors of university evasion: An analysis with UNISINOS students. Contextus - Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management, 21(20 anos), e88622. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.88622

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