Efficiency of Research Performance of Australian Universities: A Reappraisal using a Bootstrap Truncated Regression Approach

Boon Lee

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2011, vol. 41, issue 3, 195-204

Abstract: The motivation of the study stems from the results reported in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2010 report. The report showed that only 12 universities performed research at or above international standards, of which, the Group of Eight (G8) universities filled the top eight spots. While performance of universities was based on number of research outputs, total amount of research income and other quantitative indicators, the measure of efficiency or productivity was not considered. The objectives of paper are twofold. First, to provide a review of the research performance of 37 Australian universities using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) bootstrap approach of Simar and Wilson (J Econ, 136:31–64, 2007). Second, to determine sources of productivity drivers by regressing the efficiency scores against a set of environmental variables.

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; efficiency; universities; bootstrap truncated regression; environmental variables. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 L93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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