Beyond Frontiers: Comparing the Efficiency of Higher Education Decision-Making Units across More than One Country

Autor/inn/en	Agasisti, Tommaso; Johnes, Geraint
Titel	Beyond Frontiers: Comparing the Efficiency of Higher Education Decision-Making Units across More than One Country
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 17 (2009) 1, S.59-79 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Efficiency; Foreign Countries; Decision Making; Comparative Education; Operations Research; Policy Analysis; Audits (Verification); Data Analysis; Predictor Variables; Delivery Systems; Educational Administration; Italy; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Ausland; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Politikfeldanalyse; Auswertung; Prädiktor; Auslieferung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Italien
Abstract	We employ Data Envelopment Analysis to compute the technical efficiency of Italian and English higher education institutions. Our results show that, in relation to the country-specific frontier, institutions in both countries are typically very efficient. However, institutions in England are more efficient than those in Italy when we compare jointly their performances. We also look at the evolution of technical efficiency scores over a four-year period, and find that, in line with an error-correction hypothesis, Italian universities are improving their technical efficiency while English universities are obtaining stable scores. Policy implications are addressed. (Contains 6 tables, 4 figures, and 15 notes.) (As Provided).
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