An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …

This article investigates the efficiency of the university education using two linked databases (Saber Pro and Saber 11 … approach that combines the "order m" technique with the concept of a meta-frontier to disaggregate students' total efficiency … application of the technique of "order m" with the approach of the meta-frontier for the analysis of educational efficiency using …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of measuring efficiency in the context of higher education. The … paper begins by exploring the advantages and drawbacks of the various methods for measuring efficiency in the higher … education context. The ease with which data envelopment analysis (DEA) can handle multiple inputs and multiple outputs makes it …

We examine the educational production function and efficiency of public school districts in Illinois. Using … related) differs substantially from our efficiency scores, and standard parametric approaches drastically underestimate school … efficiency. We discuss the policy implications of our results …

efficiency (which often conflates both ‘production’ stages), this paper analyses how political economy factors shape efficient … tailored, fully non-parametric efficiency model. The model is rooted in popular Data Envelopment Analysis models, but allows … for both outlying observations and heterogeneity (i.e., a conditional efficiency model). Using an exceptionally rich …

We examine the educational production function and efficiency of public school districts in Illinois. Using … related) differs substantially from our efficiency scores, and standard parametric approaches drastically underestimate school … efficiency. We discuss the policy implications of our results. …

pending question whether efficiency in the provision of public goods and services is affected by strategic behavior. I examine … how electoral cycles influence local government efficiency by using OLS fixed effects, event study, and instrumental … variable estimations in a large balanced panel of around 2,000 municipalities in the German state of Bavaria. Cost efficiency …

. Nowadays, the most prominent representatives are nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) and parametric stochastic … with the two "oldies" DEA and SFA and extends the initial Monte Carlo simulation of Kuosmanen and Kortelainen (2010) in …

. We illustrate our methodology by examining the cost efficiency of research programs in Economics and Business Management … cost efficiency differences between universities within specific specialization areas, even when using shadow prices to …

We discuss the nonparametric approach to profit efficiency analysis at the firm and industry levels in the absence of …