1- , heshmatolah.asgari@atu.ac.ir
2- Department of Economics, Urmia University
3- Department of Economics, Lorestan University
2- Department of Economics, Urmia University
3- Department of Economics, Lorestan University
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By increasing the level of education, higher education will increase the efficiency and ability of people, and by increasing the ability of people in the society, production in the country will become knowledge-based and competitive, and as a result, the economic growth and welfare of the country will improve. Higher education as a public good is always financed by governments, therefore the development of this sector is strongly influenced by the level of attention of governments. With the prevailing conditions of uncertainty in the country and the reduction of government revenue collection, different sectors will be affected differently in such a way that some sectors will be affected more and some will be less affected. It seems that the higher education is one of the first sectors that will face difficulties in case of financial restrictions of the government. Especially, the effectiveness of the quality of higher education will be more than its quantity.
In this article, we decided to examine the impact of government spending on the development of quantitative and qualitative indicators of higher education in post-revolutionary development programs, considering the uncertainty in the country's economic policies. For this purpose, we used the time-varying vector autoregression model (TVP). The results showed that, firstly, the government's expenditures, including expenses and acquisition of capital assets, have improved both indicators (student-to-population ratio and faculty-to-student ratio) in all programs after the revolution. Secondly; Considering the uncertainty of economic policies in the model has weakened the mentioned relationship. Thirdly; In the last three programs, although government spending has a positive effect on the ratio of faculty members, this trend has always been downward and its continuation will be worrisome.
In this article, we decided to examine the impact of government spending on the development of quantitative and qualitative indicators of higher education in post-revolutionary development programs, considering the uncertainty in the country's economic policies. For this purpose, we used the time-varying vector autoregression model (TVP). The results showed that, firstly, the government's expenditures, including expenses and acquisition of capital assets, have improved both indicators (student-to-population ratio and faculty-to-student ratio) in all programs after the revolution. Secondly; Considering the uncertainty of economic policies in the model has weakened the mentioned relationship. Thirdly; In the last three programs, although government spending has a positive effect on the ratio of faculty members, this trend has always been downward and its continuation will be worrisome.
Keywords: higher education, cost credits, asset acquisition credits, foreign investment, urbanization rate, uncertainty in economic policies.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
health, education, welfare economics
Received: Jan 27 2025 | Accepted: Nov 01 2025 | ePublished: Jun 30 2024
Received: Jan 27 2025 | Accepted: Nov 01 2025 | ePublished: Jun 30 2024
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