Empirica ( IF 1.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-27 , DOI: 10.1007/s10663-020-09489-z Julien Jacqmin , Mathieu Lefebvre
This paper empirically evaluates the impact of fiscal decentralization on the performance of higher education systems. To test this relationship, we build up a panel dataset composed of European countries. Country-level performance is measured by an indicator using data from the Shanghai ranking. Using a dynamic panel approach, we find that a higher share of government spending coming from decentralized levels of governments leads to an improvement of the performance of research-intensive higher education institutions. We argue that a more decentralized higher education system increases the ability to attract and retain top scholars.
中文翻译:
财政分权与高等教育机构的绩效:欧洲的情况
本文从经验上评估了财政分权对高等教育系统绩效的影响。为了测试这种关系,我们建立了一个由欧洲国家组成的面板数据集。国家一级的绩效是通过使用上海排名中的数据的指标进行衡量的。使用动态面板方法,我们发现来自权力下放的政府在政府支出中所占的比例更高,从而可以改善研究型高等教育机构的绩效。我们认为,去中心化的高等教育系统可以提高吸引和留住顶尖学者的能力。