Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

We aim to study technical efficiency of undergraduate teaching activity in national universities in Argentina. We surveyed the literature seeking the theoretical and applied consensus, and we estimate a production frontier for the sector. We employ a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with a panel o...

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Autores principales: D'Elía, Vanesa, Ferro, Gustavo
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Publicado: 2018
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Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
public universities
efficiency
stochastic frontier analysis
heterogeneity
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1650512024-04-19T20:01:57Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/165051 Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis D'Elía, Vanesa Ferro, Gustavo 2018-11 2018 2024-04-19T13:33:10Z en Ciencias Económicas Argentina public universities efficiency stochastic frontier analysis heterogeneity We aim to study technical efficiency of undergraduate teaching activity in national universities in Argentina. We surveyed the literature seeking the theoretical and applied consensus, and we estimate a production frontier for the sector. We employ a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with a panel of 37 national universities over a 9 year period. We compare conventional models that do not take into account heterogeneity with heterogeneity-extended stochastic frontier models. We find 20% to 25% of inefficiency on average in terms of lost outcomes (graduates). Besides, as expected, those models that take into account unobserved heterogeneity present higher values of technical efficiency while the random effect model presents the lowest value. This result indicates that there is evidence of heterogeneity that overestimates inefficiency. Our results are robust to different model specifications. We do not address extension activities of the universities, which are usually difficult to measure but use resources of the system. The results could be useful to devise some remedial measures to improve efficiency. To our knowledge is the first study using this method to analyze universities’ efficiency in Argentina. Nuestra meta es estudiar la eficiencia técnica en la actividad docente universitaria de grado en las universidades nacionales de Argentina. Efectuamos una revisión de la literatura buscando los consensos teóricos y aplicados y estimamos una función de producción para el sector. Luego empleamos un modelo de análisis de frontera estocástica (SFA) con un panel de 37 universidades nacionales sobre un período de 9 años. Comparamos modelos que no tienen en cuenta heterogeneidad con aquellos que extienden los modelos estocásticos de frontera para contemplarla. Encontramos en promedio valores de entre 20 y 25% de ineficiencia en términos de producción (graduados) perdida. Los modelos que toman en cuenta la heterogeneidad no observada presentan valores mayores de eficiencia técnica que los modelos de efectos aleatorios, como podría esperarse. Tal resultado indica evidencia de heterogeneidad no observada que sobreestima la ineficiencia. Nuestros resultados son robustos a diversas especificaciones del modelo. No contemplamos actividades de extensión como producto de las universidades, que son normalmente muy difíciles de medir, pero que usan recursos de aquellas. Los resultados pueden ser útiles para el diseño de medidas que busquen aumentar la eficiencia. A nuestro conocimiento, es el primer estudio usando este método para analizar eficiencia de universidades argentinas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas Objeto de conferencia Objeto de conferencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
public universities
efficiency
stochastic frontier analysis
heterogeneity
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
public universities
efficiency
stochastic frontier analysis
heterogeneity
D'Elía, Vanesa
Ferro, Gustavo
Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
public universities
efficiency
stochastic frontier analysis
heterogeneity
description We aim to study technical efficiency of undergraduate teaching activity in national universities in Argentina. We surveyed the literature seeking the theoretical and applied consensus, and we estimate a production frontier for the sector. We employ a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with a panel of 37 national universities over a 9 year period. We compare conventional models that do not take into account heterogeneity with heterogeneity-extended stochastic frontier models. We find 20% to 25% of inefficiency on average in terms of lost outcomes (graduates). Besides, as expected, those models that take into account unobserved heterogeneity present higher values of technical efficiency while the random effect model presents the lowest value. This result indicates that there is evidence of heterogeneity that overestimates inefficiency. Our results are robust to different model specifications. We do not address extension activities of the universities, which are usually difficult to measure but use resources of the system. The results could be useful to devise some remedial measures to improve efficiency. To our knowledge is the first study using this method to analyze universities’ efficiency in Argentina.
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author D'Elía, Vanesa
Ferro, Gustavo
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Ferro, Gustavo
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title Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_short Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_full Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_fullStr Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Efficiency in Higher Education Teaching Activities: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
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