Title: Efficiency of Higher Education in Turkey: A Bootstrapped Two-Stage DEA Approach 1
Abstract: The purpose of higher education is to provide training for individuals based on contemporary teaching methods, to meet the needs of the nation and country in the fields of training and education, scientific research, press and consulting services. For this purpose, the role of higher education institutions is great. Higher education institutions that shape today's information society are an important actor in providing economic development and growth, and competitive advantage to countries in the international arena, as well as in providing prestige and high level of income to individuals. In this regard, efficiency of higher education institutions in academic and research activities and investigating the factors that determine the efficiency are also important. Aim of this paper is to deal a two- stage data envelopment analysis for 51 public universities in Turkey in 2006-2010. The first stage is concerned with data envelopment analysis to measure the bootstrapped efficiency of the universities. This is followed by factors that affect the efficiency of the universities random effects Tobit model in the second stage. The results of the model demonstrate that, Turkish public universities are efficiency 37% in 2006, 39% in 2007, 47% in 2008, 35% in 2009, 37% in 2010. Also, number of female student has a positive and important effect on relative efficiency of universities in Turkey.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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