Is inequality among universities increasing? Gini coefficients and the elusive rise of Elite Universities

Minerva

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-72

  Halffman, Willem ^a   Leydesdorff, Loet ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elite universities; Gini coefficients; Inequality; New public management; Output performance; University ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052149408     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-010-9141-3     Document Type: Article

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