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The influence of work context on demand for master's studies: a comparative analysisi between Brasil and Spain
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The communication presents the results of an investigation of exploratory and comparative character which objective is to analyze the influence of the actual labour situation into the demand of official master studies in the field of education. The study has been developed in two countries with a very different labour situation: Brasil, country of economic expansion and Spain, in recession due to the actual economic crisis. In that sense, the study provides data for deep thinking about the influence of the constriction or expansion of employment on the behaviour and demand of the students who access master studies and on how the previous formative and labour trajectory affects their expectations, demands and future projects. The working methodology is qualitative and the strategy for data collection the “focus group”. As a first approach, two groups of discussion have been formed with master students. A first one with students from Universidad de Barcelona- España and another one with members of Universidade do Vale do Itajaí- Brasil. Then, we constituted a mixed group of discussion in order to analyze differences and similarities.
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FIGUERA GAZO, Pilar, et al. The influence of work context on demand for master's studies: a comparative analysisi between Brasil and Spain. Comunicació presentada a la "6ª Conferencia Jóvenes y Sociedades en Europa y el Mediterráneo los días 7. 8 y 9 de junio de 2012 en la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.". [consulted: 17 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/44543