TY - JOUR
T1 - Resource dependence theory analysis of higher education institutions in Uzbekistan
AU - Kholmuminov, Shukhrat
AU - Kholmuminov, Shayzak
AU - Wright, Robert E.
N1 - © Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018
Kholmuminov, S., Kholmuminov, S. & Wright, R.E. Resource dependence theory analysis of higher education institutions in Uzbekistan. High Educ 77, 59–79 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-018-0261-2
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - In this paper “Resource Dependency Theory” (RDT) is used to guide an empirical analysis of the higher education system in Uzbekistan. Regression analysis is applied to a panel dataset consisting of 62 Uzbek higher education institutions, covering the period 2000-2013, to examine the determinants of the expenditure decisions made by institutions. The key hypothesis is concerned with the relationship between the share of revenue from tuition fees and the share of expenditure spent on teaching. The analysis attempts to control for unobserved heterogeneity through the inclusion of fixed effects. Instrumental variables estimation is used to address the potential endogeneity of the relationship between these two variables. The main finding is that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between the share of revenue from tuition fees and the share of expenditure spent on teaching, even after other factors are held contact, which is consistent with a core premise of RDT.
AB - In this paper “Resource Dependency Theory” (RDT) is used to guide an empirical analysis of the higher education system in Uzbekistan. Regression analysis is applied to a panel dataset consisting of 62 Uzbek higher education institutions, covering the period 2000-2013, to examine the determinants of the expenditure decisions made by institutions. The key hypothesis is concerned with the relationship between the share of revenue from tuition fees and the share of expenditure spent on teaching. The analysis attempts to control for unobserved heterogeneity through the inclusion of fixed effects. Instrumental variables estimation is used to address the potential endogeneity of the relationship between these two variables. The main finding is that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between the share of revenue from tuition fees and the share of expenditure spent on teaching, even after other factors are held contact, which is consistent with a core premise of RDT.
KW - resource dependence theory
KW - higher education finance
KW - Uzbekistan
UR - https://link.springer.com/journal/10734
U2 - 0.1007/s10734-018-0261-2
DO - 0.1007/s10734-018-0261-2
M3 - Article
SN - 0018-1560
VL - 77
SP - 59
EP - 79
JO - Higher Education
JF - Higher Education
ER -