Cost efficiency of administrative service in public higher education in Poland

Łukasz Brzezicki; Irena Łącka

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.29119/1641-3466.2022.156.6

Cost efficiency of administrative service in public higher education in Poland

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the study is to determine changes in the cost efficiency of the administration of public higher education in Poland.

Design/methodology/approach: The biennial cost Malmquist productivity index was used to study changes in cost efficiency of 58 public higher education institutions in 2014-2016. The results were presented for 6 groups of universities, according to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland classification.

Findings: The research shows that out of 6 groups of institutions accepted for the study, 2 achieved an increase and 1 a decrease in the Malmquist cost index in both study periods. Changes in the Malmquist cost index in the analyzed period are small as the index ranged from 0.98 to 1.06. Both component overall efficiency change and cost-technical change contributed to the change in the Malmquist index level.