How efficient are German life sciences? Econometric evidence from a latent class stochastic output distance model.

ABSTRACT: This article investigates the technical efficiency in German higher education while accounting for possible heterogeneity in the production technology. We investigate whether a latent class model would identify the different sub-disciplines of life sciences in a sample of biology and agricultural units based on technological differences. We fit a latent class stochastic frontier model to estimate the parameters of an output distance function formulation of the production technology to investigate if a technological separation is meaningful along sub-disciplinary lines. We apply bootstrapping techniques for model validation. Our analysis relies on evaluating a unique dataset that matches information on higher educational institutions provided by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany wit

SUBMITTER: Angelova D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954326 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature