Recent Graduates in the Labor Market: The Efficiency Frontier of Higher Education Institutions

IF 1.9 3区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Research in Higher Education Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI:10.1007/s11162-024-09792-9

Fabiola Saavedra-Caballero

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This study assesses the technical efficiency of higher education institutions in terms of labor market outcomes for recent graduates, employing a comparative analysis of three distinct methodological approaches. Using a sample of recent graduates of Colombian universities who earned their degrees between 2007 and 2011, we estimated the institutions' efficiency scores through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the Free Disposal Hull (FDH) model, and Cazals et al. (Journal of Econometrics 106:1-25, 2002) order-m estimator. Our results reveal that the estimation technique affects the results when super-efficient decision-making units are present, with the order-m technique demonstrating superiority over DEA and FDH. However, in the absence of super-efficient institutions, the efficiency rankings obtained from all three methodologies exhibit consistency. This paper contributes to the literature by highlighting the importance of methodological selection in evaluating the labor market performance efficiency of higher education institutions when recent graduates’ perspective is adopted.

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劳动力市场中的应届毕业生：高等教育机构的效率前沿

本研究通过对三种不同方法的比较分析，评估了高等教育机构在应届毕业生劳动力市场成果方面的技术效率。我们以哥伦比亚大学在 2007 年至 2011 年间获得学位的应届毕业生为样本，通过数据包络分析法（DEA）、自由处置赫尔模型（FDH）和 Cazals 等人（《计量经济学杂志》106:1-25，2002 年）的阶次-m 估算法估算了院校的效率得分。我们的研究结果表明，当存在超效率决策单元时，估计技术会影响结果，阶次-m 技术优于 DEA 和 FDH。然而，在不存在超效率机构的情况下，这三种方法得出的效率排名具有一致性。本文强调了在采用应届毕业生视角评价高等院校劳动力市场绩效效率时方法选择的重要性，为相关文献做出了贡献。

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Research in Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： Research in Higher Education publishes studies that examine issues pertaining to postsecondary education. The journal is open to studies using a wide range of methods, but has particular interest in studies that apply advanced quantitative research methods to issues in postsecondary education or address postsecondary education policy issues. Among the topics of interest to the journal are: access and retention; student success; equity; faculty issues; institutional productivity and assessment; postsecondary education governance; curriculum and instruction; state and federal higher education policy; and financing of postsecondary education. The journal encourages submissions from scholars in disciplines outside of higher education, and studies from outside the United States that address issues that are of interest to the readership. The journal will on occasion publish short notes of a methodological nature, literature reviews of topics pertaining to postsecondary research, and “research and practice” studies illustrating how postsecondary research can inform decision making.