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Jill Johnes

Emeritus Professor of Production Economics, Huddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH

Email: j.johnes@hud.ac.uk

Research Interests:  Efficiency and productivity analysis: Universities; Schools; Banks

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

2017 ‘Efficiency in education’ Journal of the Operational Research Society 68(4) (with M Portela and E Thanassoulis)  https://link.springer.com/journal/41274/68/4/page/1 

2016 ‘Costs, efficiency and economies of scale and scope in the English higher education sector’ January 2016 Oxford Review of Economic Policy 32(4) pp596-614 (with G Johnes) 

2015 'OR in education' European Journal of Operational Research, 243(3) pp683-696  

2014                      ‘A comparison of performance of Islamic and conventional banks 2004 to 2009’ Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 103 ppS93-S107 (with M Izzeldin and V Pappas)

2014                      ‘Efficiency and mergers in English higher education 1996/97 to 2008/09: Parametric and non-parametric estimation of the multi-input multi-output distance function’ The Manchester School 82(4) pp465-487

2013                      ‘The persistence of efficiency’ Expert Systems with Applications 40(14) pp5661-5672 (with G Johnes)

2013                      ‘The efficiency of public schools: The case of Kuwait’ Education Economics 21(4) pp360-379 (with N A Burney, M Al-Enezi and M Al-Musallam).

2013                      ‘Performance trends in the construction industry worldwide: an overview of the turn of the century’ Journal of Productivity Analysis 39, 1 89-99 (with I M Horta, A S Camanho and G Johnes)

2012                      ‘Efficiency in the further education sector in England’ Open Journal of Statistics 2(1) (with S Bradley and A Little).

2011                      ‘Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England: A DEA analysis’ Journal of the Operational Research Society 62 pp1282-1297 (with E Thanassoulis, M Kortelainen and G Johnes). 

2010                      ‘An assessment of efficiency of public schools in Kuwait using data envelopment approach (DEA) and Tobit regression’ Journal of Development and Economic Policies 12(2) pp5-33 (with M Al-Enezi, N A Burney and M Al-Musallam).                           

2010                      ‘The measurement and determinants of efficiency and productivity in the further education sector in England’ Bulletin of Economic Research 62(1) pp1-30 (with S Bradley and A Little).

2009                      ‘Higher education institutions’ costs and efficiency: taking the decomposition a further step’ Economics of Education Review 28(1), pp107-113 (with G Johnes). 

2008                      'An analysis of costs in institutions of higher education in England' Studies in Higher Education 33(5) pp527-549 (with G Johnes and E Thanassoulis). 

2008                      ‘Measuring the research performance of Chinese higher education institutions using data envelopment analysis’ China Economic Review 19, pp679-696 (With L Yu).

2008                      ‘Efficiency and productivity change in the English higher education sector from 1996/97 to 2002/03’ The Manchester School 76(6), pp653-674. 

2006                      'Measuring efficiency: a comparison of multilevel modelling and data envelopment analysis' Bulletin of Economic Research 58(2), pp75-104.

2006                      ‘Measuring teaching efficiency in higher education: an application of data envelopment analysis to Economics graduates from UK universities’ European Journal of Operational Research 174, pp443-456. 

2006                      'DEA and its application to the measurement of efficiency in higher education' Economics of Education Review 25(3) pp273-288. 

2005                      'Internet tools in the teaching of quantitative economics: why gaps between potential and reality?' Journal of Further and Higher Education 29(2) pp125-142 (with Y Wei).

 1997                      'Inter-university variations in undergraduate non-completion rates: a statistical analysis by subject of study', Journal of Applied Statistics 24(3) pp343-362.

 1996                      'Performance assessment in higher education in Britain', European Journal of Operational Research, 89(1) pp18-33.

1995                      'Research funding and performance in UK university departments of economics: a frontier analysis', Economics of Education Review 14(3) 301-314 (with G. Johnes). 

1995                      ‘Neither poison nor panacea’ Economics of Education Review 14(3) 317-318 (with G. Johnes). 

1994                      'Policy reforms and the theory of education finance', Journal of Economic Studies 21(1) pp3-15 (with G. Johnes).

1993                      'The role of transport costs as a determinant of price level differentials between the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom, 1989', World Development 21(2) pp311-318 (with H. Armstrong, G. Johnes and A. MacBean). 

1993                      'Measuring the research performance of UK economics departments: an application of data envelopment analysis' Oxford Economics Papers 45 pp332-347 (with G. Johnes). 

1993                      'The research performance of UK universities: a statistical analysis of the results of the 1989 Research Selectivity Exercise' Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A) 156(2) pp271-286 (with J. Taylor and B. Francis). 

1992                      'The citation record of Regional Studies compared to other related journals, 1980-89' Regional Studies 26(1) pp93-97 (with J. Taylor). 

1992                      'The 1989 Research Selectivity Exercise: a statistical analysis of differences in research ratings between universities at the cost centre level' Higher Education Quarterly 46(1) pp67-87 (with J. Taylor).

1992                      'The potential effects of widening access to higher education on degree results' Higher Education Quarterly 46(1) pp88-107.

1992                      'Apples and oranges: the aggregation problem in publications analysis' Scientometrics 25(2) pp353-365 (with G. Johnes).

1991                      'Consumer goods and energy prices on the Isle of Man' Management Research News 14(7/8/9) pp31-35 (with H. Armstrong, G. Johnes and A. MacBean).

1991                      'Non-completion of a degree course and its effect on the subsequent experience of non-completers in the labour market' Studies in Higher Education 16(1) pp73-81 (with J. Taylor).

1990                      'Determinants of student wastage in higher education' Studies in Higher Education 15(1) pp87-99. 

1990                      'Unit costs: some explanations of the differences between UK universities' Applied Economics 22(7) pp853-862.

1990                      'Undergraduate non-completion rates: a reply' Higher Education 19(3) pp385-390 (with J. Taylor).

1989                      'The first destination of new graduates: comparisons between universities' Applied Economics 21(3) pp357-373 (with J. Taylor).

1989                      'An evaluation of performance indicators based upon the first destination of university graduates' Studies in Higher Education 14(2) pp219-235 (with J. Taylor). 

1989                      'Undergraduate non-completion rates: differences between UK universities' Higher Education 18(2) pp209-225 (with J. Taylor).

1987                      'Graduates and jobs: an analysis of the Graduate Employment and Training Survey' Higher Education Review 19 pp55-64 (with J. Taylor).

1987                      'Degree quality: an investigation into differences between UK universities' Higher Education 16(5) pp581-602 (with J. Taylor).

 BOOKS

2005                      An Exploratory Analysis of the Cost Structure of Higher Education in England, DFES Research Report 641, London, ISBN 1 84478 484 3 pp110 (with G. Johnes, E. Thanassoulis, P. Lenton & A. Emrouznejad) 

2004                      The International Handbook on the Economics of Education, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham ISBN 1-84376-119-X pp860 (edited with G. Johnes)

1990                      Performance Indicators in Higher Education: UK Universities, Open University Press and the Society for Research into Higher Education, Milton Keynes, ISBN 0 335 09455 4 (hbk) 0 335 09454 6 (pbk) pp199 (with J. Taylor). 

BOOK CHAPTERS

2015                      ‘Applications of DEA in education’ invited chapter in Data Envelopment Analaysis – A Handbook of Empirical Studies and Applications, Springer, New York, edited by Joe Zhu (with Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Kristoff De Witte, Giannis Karagiannis, Maria Portela, Geraint Johnes)

2004                      'Efficiency measurement' in G Johnes and J Johnes (eds) The International Handbook on the Economics of Education, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp613-742