HEI Efficiency and Quality of Life: Seeding the Pro-Sustainability Efficiency

Eugenia Pedro (), João Leitão and Helena Alves
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Helena Alves: Research Center in Business Sciences (NECE), Department of Management and Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Beira Interior, 6200-209 Covilhã, Portugal

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-25

Abstract: This study assesses the efficiency of higher education institutions (HEIs), considering the social, environmental and cultural factors (pro-sustainability), and at the same time examines how this efficiency can influence regional quality of life (QoL). The study adopts a two-step methodology. In the first step, the standard Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate the efficiency scores of 23 Portuguese public HEIs; and in the second step, a multivariate logit regression is performed to assess the role played by the HEIs’ pro-sustainability efficiency in regional QoL. The main findings reveal that the HEIs located in the Greater Lisbon area have a higher pro-sustainability efficiency, but that efficiency is more significant regarding social factors. Concerning the contribution of pro-sustainability efficiency to the region’s QoL, this is significant for all the components, with the environmental and cultural aspects contributing positively to this significance.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; higher education institutions; quality of life; pro-sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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