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Research efficiency in manufacturing : an application of DEA at the industry level
Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - 2009
This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four nonmember countries during 2000 and 2004. A unique dataset was compiled that matches patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) to industry-specific R&D inputs from EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832826
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Overcoming data limitations in nonparametric benchmarking : applying PCA-DEA to natural gas transmission
Nieswand, Maria; Cullmann, Astrid; Neumann, Anne - 2009
of limited data availability in some regulated industries. Here, traditional DEA may result in a lack of discriminatory … power when high numbers of variables but only limited observations are available. We apply PCA-DEA for radial efficiency … while maintaining most of the variation in the original data. Our results suggest that the PCA-DEA methodology reduces the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003915871
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When, where and how to perform efficiency estimation
Badunenko, Oleg; Henderson, Daniel J.; Kumbhakar, Subal - 2011
nonparametric kernel SFA estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink (1996) to the nonparametric bias corrected DEA estimator of Kneip, Simar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422459
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Separating environmental efficiency into production and abatement efficiency : a nonparametric model with application to U.S. power plants
Hampf, Benjamin - 2011
. -- nonparametric efficiency analysis ; pollution abatement ; network DEA ; materials balance condition ; fosil-fueled power plants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009266777
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Measuring residential energy efficiency improvements with DEA
Grösche, Peter (contributor) - 2008
-stage procedure. In the first stage, an indicator of energy efficiency is derived by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and the … analogy between the DEA estimator and traditional measures of energy efficiency is demonstrated. The second stage employs a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740305
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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402504
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Academic Exchange 'Global Literacy' and U.S. Higher Education
Schukoske, Jane E. - 2009
Since the end of World War I, systematic efforts in the USA to promote academic exchange have steadily increased. The resulting exchanges have changed perspectives of the participants in which they perform. In view of the rapid expansion of higher education worldwide, information and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206412
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Work-Based Learning in U.S. Higher Educational Policy
Raelin, Joseph A. - 2012
Although most U.S. institutions of higher education now make appreciable use of work-based learning options, their attention to experiential education as a learning vehicle is relatively limited. The connection between the work experience and the on-campus curriculum is only loosely formed, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044456
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How Equal are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319074
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Efficacy and Complexities of Performance-Based Pay for Teachers in the United States
Susanto, Putu Chris; Susanto, Putu Chris - 2022
Performance-based pay refers to providing compensation and rewards based on the fulfillment of certain predetermined task or outcomes. In the momentum for greater teacher accountability in the United States, performance-based pay is expected to be a solution to the nation’s prevailing problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013298694