Research and development in the higher education sector

Tatiana Kuznetsova, Svetlana Martynova () and Tatyana Ratay ()
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Svetlana Martynova: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)
Tatyana Ratay: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Татьяна Владимировна Ратай ()

Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO), 2020, issue 42, 1-10

Abstract: The analytical material examines the scientific potential of the higher education sector in Russia and abroad. It presents the main indicators used in international statistics of research and development (R&D): the high education expenditure on research and development (HERD) at current prices and purchasing power parity (PPP) and HERD as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP); the share of the higher education sector in Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD); the personnel and material and technical components in the sector. The level of education of R&D personnel, percentage distribution of researchers by age, R&D fixed assets per one employee, machinery and equipment per one researcher are also calculated for Russia. The study is based on the results of the annual federal statistical survey on scientific research and development in Russia, conducted by Federal State Statistic Service, and data from international statistics (OECD and UNESCO databases). • Russia ranks 18th in the ranking of the world's leading countries in terms of HERD calculated in purchasing power parity (US $ 4.7 billion). • In terms of the number of R&D personnel in the higher education sector (in full-time equivalent), our country is in 8th place. • Percentage of GERD performed by the higher education sector in Russia (10.6%) is noticeably lower than the average for the OECD member states (17.1%) and the EU-28 (21.9%). • The sector of higher education concentrates 10.9% of R&D personnel, 13.9% of researchers; 14.8% of R&D fixed assets and 12.6% of the cost of machinery and equipment. • The higher education sector is characterized by a high level of qualifications of R&D personnel: the majority of employees (89% in 2019) have higher education, 59% of researchers have an academic degree (in the government sector – 75.1 and 47.1%, respectively, in the business enterprise sector – 73.4 and 9.4%). • Machinery and equipment per one researcher in the higher education sector is lower than in the government sector and in Russia as a whole, while the equipment of universities is used not only for scientific, but also for educational purposes.

Keywords: education institutions; preschool education; education market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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