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Pomiar produktywności działalności dydaktycznej polskich uczelni technicznych
Measurement of the education productivity in Polish public technical universities

Author(s): Łukasz Brzezicki, Robert Rusielik
Subject(s): Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: higher education; productivity; SBM; Malmquist index

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to estimate the level of education productivity changes in 18 technical universities in 2010-2015 using the Malmquista index. The study employs non-radial Malmquist index SBM and the non-radial Malmquist index SBM with undesirable effects. For comparative purposes, two alternative combinations of variables are used, differing only in the inclusion or exclusion of data on the number of “other employees”. It is found that the inclusion of undesirable effects results in changes in the level of productivity indicators, but in most cases does not change the assessment of educational activities. In addition, it is found that the highest increase in productivity occurred in the “mid-size” universities, while the drop in productivity was observed in “small” schools.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 332-354
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish