aimed at improving efficiency and productivity in the European higher education sector. We assess the change in productivity … non-parametric Malmquist productivity index by benchmarking the non-science disciplines and the science disciplines of … both countries separately against a common frontier. Given the lack of statistical inference of non-parametric productivity …

This study examines patterns of productivity change in a large set of 266 public higher education institutions (HEIs … confidence intervals for Malmquist indices of HEI productivity and their components. Consequently, we are able to assess the … statistical significance of changes in HEI productivity, efficiency and technology. Our results suggest that, assessed vis-à-vis a …

This study presents patterns of productivity change in a large set of 266 public higher education institutions (HEIs … confidence intervals for Malmquist indices of HEI productivity and their components. Consequently, we are able to assess … statistical significance of the changes in HEIs’ productivity, efficiency and technology. Our results suggest that when we treat …

terms of productivity and technical efficiency than universities that did not apply for the program, albeit these dimensions …-oriented universities jointly gained productivity through increased competition between them. …