Title: Efficiency and productivity of Greek higher technological educational institutions: an assessment over the period 2005-2009

Authors: Constantinos Tsamadias; Panagiota Kyratzi

Addresses: Department of Home Economics and Ecology, School of Geography, Ecology and Applied Economics, Harokopio University, El. Venizelou 70, Kallithea, 17671, Athens, Greece ' Department of Home Economics and Ecology, School of Geography, Ecology and Applied Economics, Harokopio University, El. Venizelou 70, Kallithea, 17671, Athens, Greece

Abstract: This study aims to measure efficiency and productivity change in Greek public higher technological educational institutions during 2005-2009 by using input-oriented data envelopment analysis and Malmquist analysis. The results indicate that a number of institutions operate inefficiently causing a significant waste of resources. The efficiency under constant returns to scale varies in interval [0.365-1.000] and under variable returns to scale in interval [0.811-1.000], with average efficiency score being 0.847 and 0.923 respectively. These results indicate that the investigated institutions could produce on average the same quantity of outputs with 15.3% or 7.7% less quantity of inputs. The scale efficiency varies in the interval [0.425-1.000] and the mean is 0.914. The findings suggest that these institutions on average refrain 8.6% from the optimal scale. The total factor productivity has risen by an annual average of 8.9% relatively to the base year 2005. The results provide directories indexes to management for improving their institutions' performance.

Keywords: performance evaluation; Greece; higher technological educational institutions; efficiency; productivity; data envelopment analysis; DEA; Malmquist analysis; higher education; technology education; institutional performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2014.065318

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2014 Vol.5 No.3, pp.241 - 256

Received: 15 May 2014
Accepted: 16 Jun 2014

Published online: 31 Oct 2014 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article