An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …

the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …

informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this …

We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in “high” and “low … section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than … females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests …

problems in the home country, with a lesser factor being the weak performance of the foreign subsidiary. …

. In this paper, we assess empirically the connection between genetic diversity and the performance of sport teams … matching algorithm based on family names. Performance is measured at both the unilateral and bilateral level. Identification of … one generation before. Our findings indicate a positive causal link between genetic diversity and teams' performance. We …

, such as performance. We address this question through a field experiment in an educational setting. We study the causal … impact of mindfulness meditation on academic performance through a randomized evaluation of a well-known 8-week mindfulness … and non-cognitive skills. However, it takes time before students' performance can benefit from mindfulness meditation: we …

evaluate the performance of local government in the provision of local public services. The model employs a reduced set of …

This paper examines the performance of 358 European diversified equity mutual funds controlling for gender differences …. Fund performance is evaluated against funds' designated market indices and representative style portfolios. Consistently … with previous studies, no significant differences in performance and risk are found between female and male managed funds …