Which Factors Determine Academic Performance of Economics Freshers? Some Spanish Evidence
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of several factors potentially affecting academic performance of first-year undergraduates (freshers) in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid during 2002-2005. Outcomes are the grades obtained in three core subjects which differ substantially in their requirements of math skills. Our main finding is that those students who completed a technical track at high school tend to perform much better in math-intensive subjects than those who followed a social sciences track and that the latter do not perform better in subjects where prior training in economics is bound to be helpful.
Authors: Juan J. Dolado, Eduardo Morales
Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1488417451