Efficiency of regional higher education systems and regional economic short-run growth: empirical evidence from Russia

Tommaso Agasisti, Aleksei Egorov, Daria Zinchenko () and Oleg Leshukov

Industry and Innovation, 2021, vol. 28, issue 4, 507-534

Abstract: This paper analyses the link between the efficiency of regional higher education systems and the rates of regional economic development between 2012 and 2015 in Russia. The efficiency scores are calculated at the institutional level using Two-stage Semi-parametric data envelopment analysis. Then, the scores are aggregated at the regional level. We formulate an economic growth model that considers the efficiency of regional higher education systems as one of the explanatory variables. As an econometric method, we employ a robust GMM estimator. The findings highlight a positive, and statistically significant effect of higher education institutions efficiency on the regional economic growth. We also found negative spillover effects.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2020.1738914

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