Analysis of Production Structure of Universities in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 23530252
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic statistics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: NEMOTO Jiro 名古屋大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (20180705)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 確率フロンティア分析 / 技術効率性 / 規模の経済性 / 範囲の経済性 / 距離関数 / 効率性 / 国際情報交換 / 台湾 / 大学 / データベース / 国際情報交流 / 国際比較 / 東アジア

Research Abstract

This study aims to investigate cost structure of Japanese universities by measuring technical efficiency and the degree of scale and scope economies. Using data on 218 private universities in Japan (1999 and 2004), we find that: 1) potentially reducible costs range from 13% to 49%; 2) scale economies exist for almost all universities; and 3) scope diseconomies exist except some very large universities.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2014)
  • Author(s): Nemoto, Jiro and Noriko Furumatsu
  • Journal Title: Journal of Productivity Analysis Volume: 41, issue 2 Pages: 213-226
  • NAID: 120005475976
• [Journal Article] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2014)
  • Author(s): Jiro Nemoto and Noriko Furumatsu
  • Journal Title: Journal of Productivity Analysis Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Pages: 213-226
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11123-013-0378-3
  • NAID: 120005475976
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2012)
  • Author(s): Nemoto Jiro and Noriko Furumatsu
  • Organizer: North American productivity Workshop VII
  • Place of Presentation: Rice University, Houston
• [Presentation] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2012)
  • Author(s): Nemoto Jiro and Noriko Furumatsu
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific Productivity Conference 2012
  • Place of Presentation: King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
• [Presentation] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2012)
  • Author(s): Jiro Nemoto, Noriko Furumatsu
  • Organizer: North American productivity Workshop VII
  • Place of Presentation: Rice University, Houston, USA
• [Presentation] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2012)
  • Author(s): Jiro Nemoto, Noriko Furumatsu
  • Organizer: North American productivity Workshop VII
  • Place of Presentation: King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
• [Presentation] Scale and Scope Economies of Japanese Private Universities Revisited with an Input Distance Function Approach (2011)
  • Author(s): Nemoto Jiro and Noriko Furumatsu
  • Organizer: 2011 Taiwan Productivity and Efficiency Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
• [Book] 公共経済学研究V 第４章 日本の私立大学の規模の経済性と範囲の経済性－数量データと距離関数によるアプローチ－ (2012)
  • Author(s): 古松紀子・根本二郎
  • Total Pages: 27
  • Publisher: 勁草書房
• [Book] 「日本の私立大学の規模の経済性と範囲の経済性-数量データと距離関数によるアプローチ-」白井正敏・釜田公良・湯田道生『公共経済学研究V』中京大学経済学部附属経済研究所研究叢書第19号,第4章
  • Author(s): 古松紀子・根本二郎