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Efficiency of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide : an empirical DEA investigation ased on institutional publication numbers and estimated academic staff numbe...
Bornmann, Lutz; Gralka, Sabine Marlene; Moya Anegón, … - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175828
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Efficiency of Universities and Research-Focused Institutions Worldwide : An Empirical DEA Investigation Based on Institutional Publication Numbers and Estimated Academic Staff Numb...
Bornmann, Lutz - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839362
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Innovation rankings : good, bad or revealing?
Cai, Yuezhou; Hanley, Aoife - 2013
corrected efficiency score correlates well with standard Growth Theory indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211754
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Government Spending Efficiency, Measurement and Applications : A Cross-country Efficiency Dataset
Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venâncio, Ana - 2020
This chapter conducts a review of the literature dealing with overall public sector performance and efficiency, it … defines a methodology to assess public sector efficiency and it creates a novel and large cross-sectional panel dataset of … government indicators and public sector efficiency scores. The focus is on a balanced sample covering all 36 OECD countries over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090629
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Country performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad
Henseke, Golo - 2009
This study seeks to explain country differences in the performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Hypotheses on the relationship between, on one hand, performance at the Olympiads and, on the other, population size and dynamics, economic resources, human capital, schooling quantity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887040
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Education policy and equality of opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela (contributor);  … - 2005
background ; student performance ; tracking ; pre-school ; efficiency-equity tradeoff …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003302847
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Educating in the East, emigrating to the West?
Kancs, D'Artis; Kielyte, Julda - 2010
This paper examines the potential impacts of East-West migration of talents on the innovative capital and hence the long-run growth prospects in Eastern sending countries. Complementing previous studies, we examine the impact of high skill migration not only on the formation of human capital,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524024
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489307
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs : Unlocking Entrepreneurial Capabilities to Meet the Global Challenges of the 21st Century
Wilson, Karen E. - 2011
The World Economic Forum's Global Education Initiative (GEI) report, Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs provides specific recommendations for the academic, public, private and non-profit sectors to collaborate in supporting the development of entrepreneurship ecosystems, in which education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134744