Center for Institutional Studies Research in higher education Maria Yudkevich Workshop “Equity in Higher Education: International Context”, Moscow, April 2012

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Center for Institutional Studies: history and structure photo  The Center for Institutional Studies (CInSt) was established in 2010 with the goal create a research center in the field of institutional economics as a part of an international cooperation network, and promoting international standards of research. We provide conditions and incentives for young and talented university graduates to participate in both research and teaching activities at the HSE.  CInSt: 4 laboratories and 1 department  Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Institutional Dynamics (LAMID)  Laboratory for Applied Analysis of Institutions and Social Capital (LAAISC) Laboratory for Applied Analysis of Institutions and Social Capital  Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms (LIA) (2005) Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms  Laboratory for Strategic Behaviour and Institutional design (LID) Laboratory for Strategic Behaviour and Institutional design  Department of Institutional Economics (2005)

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Main areas of interest photo  Our professional interests are focused on institutional analysis of different markets and sectors of the economy, including:  Education  Public procurement  Banking  Non-profit organizations.

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Institutional Cooperation photo George Mason University (USA) Center for International Higher Education (Boston college, USA)

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Research in Education: main projects photo  Institutional dynamics and individual strategies: the case of university admission process  Determinants of student achievements: economics meet sociology and psychology  Academic profession: faculty contracts and salaries (International Comparison of Academic Salaries in 28 Countries)  Monitoring of education markets and organizations  Social capital and education

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Institutional dynamics and individual strategies: the case of university admission process photo  Major institutional transformation in HE in Russia: from a university- specific system of exams towards an external and unified mechanism of evaluation of student abilities.  The Unified State Examination (the USE) and its consequences for  students (households)  universities.  Aims of the project:  Analysis of college choice  Pre-entry training: structure and dynamics  studying successful strategies of pre-entry training process appropriate for different types of universities,  Equity under new system of admission.

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Factors of student achievement photo  Role of abilities, socio-economic status, psychological characteristics and social ties in student achievement  BIG 5  Social Networks  Peer effects  Administrative data on current achievement of HSE students  Extra-surveys

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Faculty contracts and academic salaries photo Network of experts in 28 countries Comparative Study of Academic Salaries and contracts Joint project with CIHE (Boston college)

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Databases photo  Household survey (Spring and Fall, 2010)  1 st year university students survey (Fall, 2010)  Young people survey (Fall, 2011)  Russian-wide or Largest Russian cities  households  All fields/ engineering and humanities  Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO)

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Inquiry of households: several waves photo  Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents and their families (parental education, level of income, gender, number of kids)  School characteristics (type of school, specialization of class, achievement, USE results)  Strategies of pre-entry coaching (type of coaching, intensity, money expenditures)  Strategies of college choice (specialization of chosen university, field of study, tuition fees, expected returns from higher education, stages of college choice and timing of admission)

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Young people survey: topics photo  Education before university  USE and 9 th grade scores  Pre-entry coaching (only for 1 st year students)  Admission efforts  (Possible) timeout between secondary and higher education  Choice of university  Further educational plans  Health  Socio-demographic characteristics

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO) photo  Initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.  The purpose is to collect generalized information and micro data on recent trends in education in Russia:  on choice of educational programs,  funding of education,  strategies of educational institutions,  overall management,  allocation of resources,  hiring policies, etc.  Updated annually since 2002; comparability of the data.  Data are representative for Russia as a whole taking into consideration the considerable difference between the subjects of the Russian Federation. Source:

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Monitoring of education markets and organizations (MEMO) photo

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2012 Education and Social capital in Russia photo  What are the non-economic returns on education? Trust Social Norms Organizational Participation  Data GEORATING sociological survey ROSSTAT regional database  Results exploiting exogenous variation in the number of universities in each region, caused by distance from Moscow, we find that education is the strongest factor that affects trust level in regions across Russia. for individuals, education is the strongest predictor of trust and civic activities, such as work in a non-profit organization