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Title: 

Approaching effects of the economic crisis on university efficiency: A comparative study of Germany and Italy

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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
UO Working Paper Series No. 01-16
Publisher: 
University of Augsburg, Chair of Management and Organization, Augsburg
Abstract: 
In this paper, we compare the efficiency of the Italian and German university system in the process of translating public funding into the multiple outputs of a university, i.e. graduating students, publishing research, and patenting activity. We do this with a particular focus on the policies implemented following the financial crisis in 2007/08. Using a sample of 133 public universities, of which 73 public universities in Germany and 60 public Italian universities, observed over the period 2006-2011, we find that Italian universities are significantly better in terms of cost efficiency than German universities. The crisis does not show a general impact, while the treatment effect indicates that Italian universities coped better during the crisis than their German counterparts at a highly significant level.
Subjects: 
higher education
economic crisis
governance
data envelopment analysis
malmquist productivity index
JEL: 
H11
H12
I2
N30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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