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Measuring the efficiency of public schools in Uruguay : main drivers and policy implications
Santín, Daniel; Sicilia, Gabriela - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 24 (2015), pp. 1-28
identify its potential drivers. To do so, we perform a two-stage model using PISA 2009 and 2012 databases. In the first stage …, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate efficiency scores, which are then regressed on school and student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885536
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Cross-country efficiency of secondary education provision: a semi-parametric analysis with non-discretionary inputs
Afonso, António; St. Aubyn, Miguel - 2005
We address the efficiency of expenditure in education provision by comparing the output (PISA results) from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604540
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The efficiency of educational production : a comparison of the Nordic countries with other OECD countries
Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter; Heinesen, Eskil; Tranæs, Torben - 2015
education. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compare (benchmark) the Nordic countries with a relevant group of rich OECD … Norway and Denmark are clearly inefficient. However, using PISA test scores as indicators of student input quality in upper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343085
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Efficiency of Tertiary Education Expenditure in CEE Countries : Data Envelopment Analysis
Yotova, Lilia - 2018
This paper studies the efficiency of tertiary education expenditure in the EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe in comparative terms. For this purpose, the method of Data Envelopment Analysis that can be classified as non-parametric is used. The efficiency is investigated via three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930672
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Measuring relative efficiency of secondary education in selected EU and OECD countries: the case of Slovenia and Croatia
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadić, Alka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
issues of a non-parametric approach. Most importantly, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique is presented and then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267849
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A DEA Approach to the Relative Efficiency of Portuguese Public Universities
Afonso, António; Santos, Mariana - 2008
We employ Data Envelopment Analysis, to estimate efficiency scores for Portuguese public universities. The input measures are constructed from the number of teachers and from universities' spending while the output measures are based on the undergraduate success rate and on the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051349
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Public Tertiary Education Expenditure in Portugal : A Non-Parametric Efficiency Analysis
Afonso, António; Santos, Mariana - 2004
We employ a non-parametric methodology, Data Envelopment Analysis, to estimate efficiency scores for Portuguese public universities for 2001. Due to the tertiary education organisational features we consider universities as well as faculties and institutes as decision entities. Using frontier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071132
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Students and Teachers : A DEA Approach to the Relative Efficiency of Portuguese Public Universities
Afonso, António; Santos, Mariana - 2005
We employ a non-parametric methodology, Data Envelopment Analysis, to estimate efficiency scores for Portuguese public universities, using data mainly for 2003. The input measures are constructed from the number of teachers and from universities' spending while the outputs measures are based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064206
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Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
Afonso, António; Aubyn, Miguel St. - In: Journal of Applied Economics VIII (2005) November, pp. 227-246
non-parametric methodologies: FDH and DEA. Those are two areas where public expenditure is of great importance so that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168968
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Non-Parametric Approaches to Education and Health Expenditure Efficiency in OECD Countries
Afonso, António; St. Aubyn, Miguel - 2004
alternative non-parametric methodologies: FDH and DEA. Those are two areas where public expenditure is of great importance so that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073536