EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE IN SPANISH HIGHER ESDUCATIONS INSTITUTIONS

摘要

This paper examines the productivity of Spanish public universities from 1994 to 2002. The used of the Malmquist Productivity Index illustrates the contribution of efficiency and technological changes to productivity change over the period. Separate analyses of “teaching-only” and “research-only” productivity are also made. Results suggest that on average the annual productivity growth was largely attributed to technological progress rather than efficiency improvements, suggesting that most universities are operating near the best-practice frontier, although there is room for improvement in several universities. Most of the productivity gain is attributed to improvements in research productivity rather than teaching.