Quality of Higher Education and Knowledge Economy (Comparative Study Using PANEL Data)

Abstract

Our study aims to project knowledge economy indicators on the higher education system in order to conduct a comparative study of a sample of 10 countries over a 15-years period using PANEL data. Out founding are that both the percentage of students registered abroad and the framing rate have a negative impact on KEI, while patents, number of registered students and the gross registration rate in higher education have a positive effect on KEI. We also found that the best sample for the study is the random impact sample, where the characteristics of each country are preserved and time is neglected.