Subject mix and productivity in Portuguese universities

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Sarrico, CS (Autor) Outra; Pedro Nuno Teixeira (Autor) FEP; Rosa, MJ (Autor) Outra; cardoso, mf (Autor) ICBAS

Revista

Título: European Journal of Operational Research

Vol. 197 Nº 3

Páginas: 287-295

ISSN: 0377-2217

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 27 Citações

Scopus - 26 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-GQE

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.06.003

Abstract (EN): Recent changes in higher education, especially associated with its massification, have led to calls for more accountability and to ail 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 9