UCD MA Economics Proposal

2. Literatures review Collins (1979): agrees and suggests in his ‘ credential crisis ’ thesis that education is part of a cultural stratification system and the reason why students go on to further study is to improve their job prospects Anderson et al (1998) and Barber et al. (2004): PG study is undertaken for career advancement rather than self-fulfillment. Keep and Mayhew (2004): suggest that the higher socio-economic groups maintain their advantage in society by acquiring additional qualifications such as Masters degrees.

3. The research also aims at bringing out a better understanding of the factors that are important to the Irish undergraduates planning to do a masters degree. Motivation The motivation to do the project is partially influenced by the hope to improve the postgraduate participation rate among the students of Irish descent. Aim

6. Model Specific a binary response regression model: linear probability model Y = Pr {Y = 1 | X = x} = Xβ + u Y = β0 + β1x1 + β2x2 + β3x3+ β4x4+ β5x5 + ...+β10x10+u

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