Subject mix and productivity in Portuguese universities |
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| Authors: | Clá udia S. Sarrico,Pedro N. Teixeira,Maria J. Rosa,Margarida F. Cardoso |
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| Affiliation: | 1. CIPES, Rua 1o de Dezembro, no 399, 4450-227 Matosinhos, Portugal;2. Universidade de Aveiro, Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais, Jurídicas e Políticas, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;3. CEMPRE – FEP – Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-464 Porto, Portugal;4. Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia Industrial, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;5. ICBAS – Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal;6. CIIMAR, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Recent changes in higher education, especially associated with its massification, have led to calls for more accountability and to an increasing need to evaluate universities’ performance. However, comparing universities with different subject mixes poses some significant problems. In this article, a linear mixed-effect model methodology allowing for random effects at university level is used to measure the productivity of Portuguese public universities, taking into account their subject composition, for a period of five years (1997–2001). The results show that subject mix is an important factor in explaining the variability in productivity between universities. However, even taking account of subject mix, a lot of inefficiency is found in the system, and a significant variability in productivity among universities exists. |
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| Keywords: | Education Subject mix Productivity Portuguese universities |
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