Economies of scope in research and teaching: A non-parametric investigation |
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Authors: | Kristof De Witte Nicky Rogge Laurens Cherchye Tom Van Puyenbroeck |
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Institution: | 1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Faculty of Business and Economics, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;2. Maastricht University, Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research, Kapoenstraat 2, MD 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands;3. Tilburg University, Department of Econometrics and OR, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands;4. Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUBrussel), Centrum voor Duurzaam Ondernemen (CEDON), Center for Educational Research & Development (ER&D), Stormstraat 2, 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | We propose a non-parametric methodology to study the presence of economies of scope between teaching and research (i.e., the teaching–research nexus). In particular, the paper advocates a conditional version of the ‘benefit-of-the-doubt’ approach to estimate the relationship between professors’ overall academic output, measured by a composite measure of multi-dimensional and importance-adjusted scores of teaching effectiveness and research productivity, and the time devoted to teaching and to research. The methodology is illustrated with a dataset of professors working at a Business & Administration department of a university college where the time allocation of teaching and research was assigned exogenously. The outcome of the analysis indicates the presence of limited scope economies for professors with an extensive research time. |
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Keywords: | Teaching&ndash research nexus Data envelopment analysis Conditional efficiency Economies of scope Higher education |
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