The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe

Cécile Hoareau (), Jo Ritzen () and Gabriele Marconi
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Cécile Hoareau: Maastricht University
Jo Ritzen: affiliation not available

No 51, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments. The assessment relies on quantitative scores, based on the contribution of policies regarding funding and autonomy to higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy indicators across 32 European countries. A large number of countries belong to a ‘middle group’ in our overall assessment, indicating a relative cohesion in Europe. Yet, substantial variations exist in terms of higher education policy in Europe, each European country having room for policy improvement.

Keywords: institutions; public policy; Europe; innovation; research; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I28 J24 L38 O31 O38 O43 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2012-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-eur, nep-ino, nep-ipr, nep-pr~ and nep-lab
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