This article contributes to the knowledge on organizational stratification in higher education by exploring its financial dimension in 21 European countries over the period 2013–2017. Cross-country differences in the inequality of revenues among higher education institutions are considerable. Decomposing inequality indices shows that they are related to the various degrees of institutional diversity in size, research activity, and subject specialization. Financial stratification is higher in countries where revenues are more unequally distributed among universities involved in research, especially those with a broad disciplinary focus. This inequality is in turn driven by the role of third-party funding in higher education financing.

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欧洲高等教育组织分层的财务维度

本文通过探索 21 个欧洲国家 2013 年至 2017 年期间的财务维度，为高等教育组织分层的知识做出贡献。高等教育机构收入不平等的跨国差异相当大。分解不平等指数表明，它们与机构规模、研究活动和学科专业化等不同程度的多样性有关。在从事研究的大学之间收入分配更加不平等的国家，尤其是那些学科重点广泛的国家，财务分层程度更高。这种不平等反过来又是由第三方资助在高等教育融资中的作用造成的。