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The Value of a University Degree in the European Context: the Case of Part-time Students in the Czech Republic

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24310%2F15%3A00002409" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24310/15:00002409 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="http://www.economics-sociology.eu/?361,en_the-value-of-a-university-degree-in-the-european-context-the-case-of-part-time-students-in-the-czech-republic" target="_blank" >http://www.economics-sociology.eu/?361,en_the-value-of-a-university-degree-in-the-european-context-the-case-of-part-time-students-in-the-czech-republic</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-3/18" target="_blank" >10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-3/18</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    The Value of a University Degree in the European Context: the Case of Part-time Students in the Czech Republic

  • Original language description

    This paper analyses various aspects of a university education and the value of a university degree. In the first part, the current situation in European tertiary education is briefly described based on Eurostat and OECD data. An increasing number of people with tertiary education often causes a mismatch in the number and structure of graduates needed in the labour market. The next part of the paper points out both educational and job mismatches. Subsequently, an empirical study based on primary data collected at the Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Liberec in 2014 from part-time students is introduced. The data collected in the pilot survey confirmed a relatively high proportion of individuals who become overeducated, which also influencestheir rate of return from education. These results are unique in the structure of data and confirm the general findings of some previous studies. This paper offers a platform to further discuss the value of a university degree across Eur

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

  • CEP classification

    AE - Management, administration and clerical work

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2015

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Economics and Sociology

  • ISSN

    2071-789X

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    8

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    LT - LITHUANIA

  • Number of pages

    12

  • Pages from-to

    260-271

  • UT code for WoS article

    000365684600018

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database