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We propose a measure of well-being efficiency to assess countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well … sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the Nordics, are … not strictly the most efficient ones. Also, the scores are uncorrelated with economic efficiency. This means that the …
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We estimate a measure of well-being efficiency that assesses countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective … Analysis to a sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the … Nordics, are not strictly the most efficient ones. Also, the scores are uncorrelated with economic efficiency. This suggests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013431350
We assess the public spending efficiency of 20 Latin American countries over the period of 2000-2019, computing Data … Envelopment Analysis efficiency scores. For the Public Sector Performance composite indicator, we use the annual data of socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013453984
In this paper, we estimate the potential tax burden in a panel data set comprising OECD countries over the period 2000-2021. To this end, we use non-parametric and parametric techniques: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). In this way, it will be possible for...
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The study investigates the relative efficiency and productivity change of Upper Secondary Schools in the region of … . The efficiency under constant returns to scale varies in interval [0.666-1.000] and under variable returns to scale in … interval [0.759-1.000], with average efficiency score being 0.875 and 0.923 respectively. This means that given the quantities …
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The German potable water supply industry is regarded highly fragmented, thus preventing efficiency improvements that … of 364 German water utilities in 2006, applying Data Envelopment Analysis, to analyze the potential efficiency gains from … hypothetical mergers between water utilities at the county level. A conditional efficiency framework is applied to account for the …
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This paper reviews the most recent empirical literature that assesses efficiency in higher education. We analyze 76 … researchers interested in measuring efficiency, for policy makers and for other educational stakeholders. …
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Purpose This study examines the efficiency of Senior Secondary Schools, in the Region of Central Macedonia in Greece … efficiency under constant returns to scale varies in interval [0.510-1] and [0.511-1], with average score being 0.729 and 0 … [0.516-1], with average efficiency score being 0.815 and 0.834, for the school years 2007-08 and 2010- 11, respectively …
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economic journals. The paper categorizes the journals into four main categories (A to D) based on their efficiency levels. The …
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countries and calculate input efficiency scores for each country. We estimate a wide range of specifications in order to analyse … different aspects of efficiency. In purely quantitative models (where inputs and outputs are expenditure and number of students …
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