Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England: A DEA analysis

Thanassoulis, Emmanuel, Kortelainen, Mika, Johnes, Geraint and Johnes, Jill (2011) Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England: A DEA analysis. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62. pp. 1282-1297. ISSN 0160-5682

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Abstract

As student numbers in higher education in the UK have expanded during recent years, it has become increasingly important to understand its cost structure. This study applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to higher education institutions in England to assess their cost structure, efficiency and productivity. The paper complements an earlier study that used parametric methods to analyse the same panel data. Interestingly, DEA provides estimates of subject-specific unit costs that are in the same ballpark as those provided by the parametric methods. The paper then extends the previous analysis and finds that further student number increases of the order of 20–27% are feasible through exploiting
operating and scale efficiency gains and also adjusting student mix. Finally the paper uses a Malmquist index approach to assess productivity change in the UK higher education. The results reveal that for a majority of institutions productivity has actually decreased during the study period.

Item Type:	Article
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email ORCID Author Thanassoulis, Emmanuel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Author Koertelainen, Mika UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Author Johnes, Geraint UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Author Johnes, Jill UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HA Statistics L Education > L Education (General)
Schools:	Huddersfield Business School Huddersfield Business School > Quantitative Analysis Research Group
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Depositing User:	Jill Johnes
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2015 15:02
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2016 15:02
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/23752

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