In this paper we compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the … examples. We find that the reliability of efficiency scores critically hinges upon the ratio of the variation in efficiency to …

Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 …

as pivotal input in order to control for their particular contribution to firm-level efficiency. Conceptually, the study … of low-tech industries. However, with regard to firms' technical efficiency, R&D matters for all industries (unlike …

on students learning efficiency. The results indicate that the main effects of the re-organization on the learning … efficiency was a decreasing importance of students? attendance and of continuous preparation of the material. …

question. In this paper, we use plant-level data from 1989-90 and 2000-01 to address this question. Our results indicate that … explained by growth in the use of factor inputs. We also find that median technical efficiency declined in all but one of the … industries between the two years, and change in technical efficiency explains a very small proportion in the change in gross …

lowered immigrant participation, and others have argued that this is true only in California. This paper analyzes the role of …

hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My results indicate that uninsured patients have an economically …

economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency …