Sara M González-Betancor

Sara M González-Betancor
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | ULPGC · Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión

PhD in Economics

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Introduction
Sara M González-Betancor currently works at the Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Sara M does research in Economics of Education, Teaching Methods and Bibliometrics. Their current project is 'ECO2017-88883-R.'

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In the field of higher education, the transition from secondary to tertiary education is crucial to reduce dropout rates and to improve the educational outcomes. This study aims to investigate various predictors that affect the academic performance of first-year Business Administration and Management (BAM) students, thereby emphasizing the importan...
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Purpose: The teacher role in the classroom can explain important aspects of the student's school experience. The teacher-student relationship, a central dimension of social capital, influences students' engagement, and the teaching style plays an important role in student outcomes. But there is scarce literature that links teaching styles to teache...
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The integration of generative artificial intelligence technology into research environments has become increasingly common in recent years, representing a significant shift in the way researchers approach their work. This paper seeks to explore the factors underlying the frequency of use of generative AI amongst researchers in their professional en...
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Spain is one of the eight EU-27 countries that failed to reduce early school leaving (ESL) below 10% in 2020, and now faces the challenge of achieving a rate below 9% by 2030. The determinants of this phenomenon are usually studied using cross-sectional data at the micro-level and without differentiation by gender. In this study, we analyse it for...
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Spain is one of the eight EU-27 countries that failed to reduce early school leaving (ESL) below 10% in 2020, and now faces the challenge of achieving a rate below 9% by 2030. The determinants of this phenomenon are usually studied using cross-sectional data at the micro level and without differentiation by gender. In this study, we analyse it for...
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While not all researchers prioritize social impact, it is undeniably a crucial aspect that adds significance to their work. The objective of this paper is to explore potential gender differences in the social attention paid to researchers and to examine their association with specific fields of study. To achieve this goal, the paper analyzes four d...
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While not all researchers prioritize social impact, it is undeniably a crucial aspect that adds significance to their work. The objective of this paper is to explore potential gender differences in the social attention paid to researchers and to examine their association with specific fields of study. To achieve this goal, the paper analyzes four d...
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Purpose The teacher role in the classroom can explain important aspects of the student's school experience. The teacher-student relationship, a central dimension of social capital, influences students' engagement, and the teaching style plays an important role in student outcomes. But there is scarce literature that links teaching styles to teacher...
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Implementation of the European Higher Education Area changed the assessment model in higher education towards a competence-based system, so that students are assessed by what they demonstrate they can do (competences). However, assessment of certain key competences, such as reading, ceases at higher education. The question remains whether reading c...
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This work analyzes the tourist sector, the employment generated by the tourism industries, and its relationship with tourism receipts. The hypothesis is that there are tourist subsectors with a potentially higher level of income. The article studies the impact of the distribution of the employed population in the different subsectors of the tourism...
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This work analyzes the tourist sector, the employment generated by the tourism industries, and its relationship with tourism receipts. The hypothesis is that there are tourist subsectors with a potentially higher level of income. The article studies the impact of the distribution of the employed population in the different subsectors of the tourism...
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The learning effectiveness of video lectures has been extensively studied by the scientific community, but research on their cost-effectiveness and sustainable production is still very scarce. To shed light on these aspects, this study has measured the useful life span and cost-effectiveness of a large catalog of video lectures produced for undergr...
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Following the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the forced digitization of teaching at all levels of education has highlighted the social problem of digital inequality at home. The article addresses this issue by looking at the role of both social background, as measured by socio-economic-status (SES), in this inequality, and that of schools....
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Data sharing by researchers is a centerpiece of Open Science principles and scientific progress. For a sample of 6019 researchers, we analyze the extent/frequency of their data sharing. Specifically, the relationship with the following four variables: how much they value data citations, the extent to which their data-sharing activities are formally...
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Data sharing by researchers is a centerpiece of Open Science principles and scientific progress. For a sample of 6019 researchers, we analyze the extent/frequency of their data sharing. Specifically, the relationship with the following four variables: how much they value data citations, the extent to which their data-sharing activities are formally...
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The present study analyses the influence of taking the PISA test in a language different from the one spoken at home on 15-year-old Spanish students’ academic performance. In particular, this could be the case of immigrant students and of students living in regions where a co-official language exists alongside the Spanish language. In the analysis...
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PhD students report a higher prevalence of mental illness symptoms than highly educated individuals in the general population. This situation presents a serious problem for universities. Thus, the knowledge about this phenomenon is of great importance in decision-making. In this paper we use the Nature PhD survey 2019 and estimate several binomial...
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PhD students report a higher prevalence of mental illness symptoms than highly educated individuals in the general population. This situation presents a serious problem for universities. Thus, the knowledge about this phenomenon is of great importance in decision-making. In this paper we use the Nature PhD survey 2019 and estimate several binomial...
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This paper provides evidence on the differences among Spanish regions, regardless of other factors, in student achievement – in Language, Mathematics, Science and Citizenship – of fourth graders. This is the first paper in Spain that analyses these differences for Primary Education in all Spanish autonomous communities. The data in the Spanish Gene...
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There has been a generalization in the use of two publication practices by scientific journals during the past decade: 1. 'article in press' or early view, which allows access to the accepted paper before its formal publication in an issue; 2. 'open access', which allows readers to obtain it freely and free of charge. This paper studies the influen...
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There has been a generalization in the use of two publication practices by scientific journals during the past decade: (1) ‘article in press’ or early view, which allows access to the accepted paper before its formal publication in an issue; (2) ‘open access’, which allows readers to obtain it freely and free of charge. This paper studies the influ...
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Self-assessment activities are increasingly popular in the classrooms. But regarding self-assessment accuracy, mixed results are reported without clear reasons for this. This article addresses the impact of gender and performance on self-assessment accuracy. To evaluate self-assessment accuracy, peer and professor assessments are used as reference....
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Purpose: The two most used citation impact indicators in the assessment of scientific journals are, nowadays, the impact factor and the h-index. However, both indicators are not field normalized (vary heavily depending on the scientific category). Furthermore, the impact factor is not robust to the presence of articles with a large number of citati...
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Since Lawrence in 2001 proposed the open access (OA) citation advantage, the potential benefit of OA in relation to the citation impact has been discussed in depth. The methodology to test this postulate ranges from comparing the impact factors of OA journals versus traditional ones, to comparing citations of OA versus non-OA articles published in...
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Since Lawrence in 2001 proposed the open access (OA) citation advantage, the potential benefit of OA in relation to the citation impact has been discussed in depth. The methodology to test this postulate ranges from comparing the impact factors of OA journals versus traditional ones, to comparing citations of OA versus non-OA articles published in...
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Grade retention is still common practice in some countries though longstanding experience tells us that it is a highly criticised practice for its unclear benefits, its important costs for the educational systems and its relation with school dropout. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to analyse which variables increase the probability of b...
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Oral presentation is one of the most important transversal competences for the professional career of Electrical Engineers. To develop and assess this competence, scoring rubrics are useful academic tools. The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the learning and assessment of oral presentation skills of future Electr...
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O novo modelo formativo de ensino superior pretende dotar os estudantes das competências adequadas. A competência de comunicação oral é uma das mais importantes para a empregabilidade dos graduados. Há vários critérios utilizados na avaliação dessa competência, e por isso é importante uni-los. Nessa perspectiva, é importante o desenvolvimento de ru...
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The two most used citation impact indicators in the assessment of scientific journals are, nowadays, the impact factor and the h-index. However, both indicators are not field normalized (vary heavily depending on the scientific category) which makes them incomparable between categories. Furthermore, the impact factor is not robust to the presence o...
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Resumen: Actualmente, los dos indicadores bibliométricos más empleados en la evaluación de revistas científicas son el índice de impacto y el índice h. Sin embargo, ambos indicadores dependen fuertemente del campo científico, lo que los hace no comparables entre campos. Además, el índice de impacto no es robusto a la presencia de artículos con un g...
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The paper’s main objective is to evaluate the self-assessment accuracy of university students. Specifically, the study analyzes the self-assessment of oral communication skills. It was carried out in a Firm Labor Organization course included in the Labor Relations and Human Resources Degree. The literature on self-assessment in Higher Education doe...
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Assess one's own abilities realistically and critically is the key for a continuous adaptation to the changing labor market conditions. The university system must train the future engineers to rate their own performance accurately, reducing biases as self-benevolence. This paper analyzes, with a sample of students of Industrial Engineering, the acc...
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Recent works from different disciplines deal with the long-term effects of childhood conditions. International studies that show the positive influence of pre-primary schooling are systematically based on students over 3 years old. The analysis of the impact on later academic outcomes for children under 3 years is almost non-existent. Besides, the...
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En el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior la comunicación oral es una competencia básica susceptible de ser evaluada, con el objetivo de garantizar su adquisición. En este sentido, el principal objetivo del presente trabajo se centra en la identificación de los atributos individuales del estudiante que influyen en la valoración por parte de los p...
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Early schooling may influence the future academic results of students. In spite of this, there are very few studies providing evidence to demonstrate such an influence, with children under three being included in the notion of early schooling, as is the case in this study. We analyse the influence of this kind of education on the reading comprehens...
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En este trabajo se presenta una experiencia destinada a fomentar y evaluar la competencia de comunicación oral en estudiantes universitarios de grado. Con esta finalidad, y teniendo como objetivo la mejora de la empleabilidad, se hace necesario promover acciones formativas en habilidades comunicativas; entre ellas se enmarca el Torneo 10 en 5 “Idea...
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A través de una encuesta de carácter transversal, realizada a titulados de Formación Profesional Específica en la isla de Gran Canaria, analizamos el efecto de la movilidad laboral, la satisfacción en el primer puesto de trabajo y la especialidad elegida en los estudios, sobre la variación salarial experimentada durante los primeros episodios labor...
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El presente trabajo trata de estudiar las variaciones salariales individuales a través de la estimación de diferentes especificaciones de ecuaciones salariales, con la finalidad de alcanzar dos objetivos: 1) Analizar el efecto de los años de educación sobre los salarios de los titulados de Ciclos Formativos, utilizando una medida más precisa que la...
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El objetivo del presente trabajo radica en el estudio de los determinantes de la variaci�n salarial experimentada durante los primeros episodios laborales, poniendo especial �nfasis en aspectos tales como la movilidad, la satisfacci�n con el primer puesto de trabajo y la especialidad elegida. La relaci�n entre movilidad y salarios ha sido ampliamen...
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El presente trabajo estudia la longitud del primer episodio de desempleo, entre los titulados de Ciclos Formativos de la isla de Gran Canaria, a partir de una muestra de 2054 egresados que obtuvieron su titulación entre los cursos académicos 1997/98 a 1999/2000. Mediante la estimación de modelos de duración no paramétricos se identifican los factor...
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El presente trabajo se centra en el estudio de la longitud del primer episodio de desempleo entre los titulados de los Ciclos Formativos de la isla de Gran Canaria, a partir de una muestra de 2054 egresados que han obtenido su titulación entre los cursos académicos 1997/98 a 1999/2000. Partiendo de los resultados de la estimación de modelos de dur...
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El alumnado universitario en España ha crecido vertiginosa mente en los últimos años y su número aumenta curso a curso sin encontrar todavía un punto de inflexión. Las cifras oficiales emitidas por la Secretaría General de Universidades registran 1.551.969 estudiantes en el curso 96-97 (1.579.300 en el 97-98, cifras provisionales), 1.140.572 en el...

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I have received the comments to a paper I sent to a journal (indexed at the Web of Science) and, among other things, it says I have 1% of overlap with another work. It says which work is it, and, surprisingly, it is one chapter of my own PhD Thesis.
I would like to find a software that enables me to detect similarities among texts, to check what this journal could consider plagiarism, to be able to amend it.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions!

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