Type Of Work
- Scholarly edition
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.
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.