Publication Date
1-11-2005
Recommended Citation
Ville, Simon; Valadkhani, Abbas; and O'Brien, Marin, The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, And Its Implications For Higher Education Funding Models, Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, 2005.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/commwkpapers/132
Abstract
We contribute to the debate on research performance by comparing the distribution of research inputs and outputs across Australian universities during 1992-2003. We have calculated annual Gini coefficients for various performance measures and Lorenz curves for the final year of the study. Various findings are evident. Research-input measures have remained relatively unevenly distributed across universities. Output measures were more evenly distributed and this exhibited a gradual and rather consistent decline through time, supporting the view that the research output is being generated gradually more equally across Australia’s universities. Excluding the “Group of Eight” (Go8) universities, results in a more even distribution of performance. However, in 2003 this group took the lion’s share of research inputs but produced a smaller share of outputs. Our findings are relevant to current funding policy discussion.
Publication Details
Ville, S, Valadkhani, A and O'Brien, M, The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, And Its Implications For Higher Education Funding Models, Working Paper 05-26, Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, 2005.