This article examines the transformation of New Zealand universities following the introduction in 2003 of a performance-based research fund system. The analysis, based on a social accounting framework, utilises longitudinal researcher data available from three full assessment rounds, in 2003, 2012 and 2018. This enables identification of the entry, exit and quality transformation of researchers and their contribution to changes in university and discipline research quality. Changes in the discipline composition of universities made a negligible contribution compared to improvements in the quality of researchers. The dynamics are closely related to the new incentives created by the system.

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新西兰 PBRFS 的 15 年：激励和结果

本文考察了新西兰大学在 2003 年引入基于绩效的研究基金体系后的转型。该分析基于社会核算框架，利用了 2003、2012 和 2018 年三轮全面评估中的纵向研究人员数据。这可以识别研究人员的进入、退出和质量转型及其对大学和学科变革的贡献研究质量。与研究人员素质的提高相比，大学学科构成的变化所起的作用微乎其微。动态与系统创建的新激励密切相关。