Marius Constantin

Assistant Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Econometric Research of the Mix of Factors Influencing First-Year Students’ Dropout Decision at the Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics


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Mihail-Dumitru Sacală, Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Maria-Floriana Popescu, Marius Constantin
Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, vol. 55(3), 2021, pp. 203-220


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Sacală, M.-D., Pătărlăgeanu, S. R., Popescu, M.-F., & Constantin, M. (2021). Econometric Research of the Mix of Factors Influencing First-Year Students’ Dropout Decision at the Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics. Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, 55(3), 203–220. https://doi.org/10.24818/18423264/55.3.21.13


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Sacală, Mihail-Dumitru, Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Maria-Floriana Popescu, and Marius Constantin. “Econometric Research of the Mix of Factors Influencing First-Year Students’ Dropout Decision at the Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics.” Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research 55, no. 3 (2021): 203–220.


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Sacală, Mihail-Dumitru, et al. “Econometric Research of the Mix of Factors Influencing First-Year Students’ Dropout Decision at the Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics.” Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, vol. 55, no. 3, 2021, pp. 203–20, doi:10.24818/18423264/55.3.21.13.


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@article{mihail-dumitru2021a,
  title = {Econometric Research of the Mix of Factors Influencing First-Year Students’ Dropout Decision at the Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics},
  year = {2021},
  issue = {3},
  journal = {Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research},
  pages = {203-220},
  volume = {55},
  doi = {10.24818/18423264/55.3.21.13},
  author = {Sacală, Mihail-Dumitru and Pătărlăgeanu, Simona Roxana and Popescu, Maria-Floriana and Constantin, Marius}
}

Abstract

Students dropping out of higher education is a common issue many universities are facing all around the world. This paper complements the existing literature with a unique perspective on the mix of factors influencing first year students' dropout decision at the Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics from Bucharest, Romania. The objective of this research was to explore these factors through the lens of an unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ordinal logistic regression method was used based on data resulted from carrying out an online survey. The results of this econometric research can help decision-makers improve retention, the quality of education and the healthy integration of the first-year economics students in the university environment.