Equal opportunity and social mobility for FESC students

Authors

  • Pedro Rafael Sayago Rojas Fundación de Estudios Superiores Comfanorte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61799/2216-0388.69

Keywords:

Equidad, Igualdad Oportunidad, Ingreso personal, Movilidad Social, Producto Interno Bruto, gross domestic product (gdp) per cápita, equity, equal opportunities, personal income y social mobility

Abstract

The main focus of this research consist in applying the known methodology to establish results of oppor-tunity and social mobility for the students of the Higher Education Foundation COMFANORTE -FESC-, by reliable data of the parent and child relationship, comparing the relationships involving the level of edu-cation, income, and possession of determining assets, the economic and social well-being, as well as the living standards from one generation to another generation.Given the characteristic of the region to be border and the actual crisis, opportunity and social mobility will be affected, because while one of the analyzed variables such as the Gini coefficient, is better for the city of Cucuta against the departmental and national coefficient, the future and the lack of entrepreneurship for job creation, will affect the other key of result like the variable income, subtracting the opportunity and social mobility of the FESC ́s student.

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Author Biography

  • Pedro Rafael Sayago Rojas, Fundación de Estudios Superiores Comfanorte
    Economista Docente Investigador Programa de Negocios Internacionales FESC

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Published

2016-02-16

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Articulos

How to Cite

Sayago Rojas, P. R. (2016). Equal opportunity and social mobility for FESC students. Mundo FESC Journal, 5(10), 46-60. https://doi.org/10.61799/2216-0388.69