Cost Structure of Italian Public Universities: An Empirical Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Agasisti, Tommaso; Dal Bianco, Antonio
Titel	Cost Structure of Italian Public Universities: An Empirical Analysis
Quelle	In: Higher Education in Europe, 32 (2007) 2-3, S.261-275 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0379-7724
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Universities; Foreign Countries; Public Sector; Costs; Role; Efficiency; Cost Effectiveness; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Ausland; Öffentlicher Sektor; Cost; Kosten; Rollen; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Italien
Abstract	There are broad concerns in Italy about public sector efficiency. Within the public sector higher education (HE) has a major role, providing the economy with research outputs and graduates. Italian universities claim to have expanded teaching and research services to keep pace with the growth of the "knowledge society." An important question is whether this expansion is benefiting the Italian HE sector. To address this issue, the cost structure of Italian university system is examined. A quadratic cost function is employed to test both the existence of efficiency linkages between teaching and research services and the presence of scale economies. These results are used to investigate the implications of a more specialized HE sector. (Contains 13 tables and 9 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10