corrected efficiency score correlates well with standard Growth Theory indicators. …

We propose a measure of well-being efficiency to assess countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well …, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in the World Happiness Reports and apply Data Envelopment Analysis to a … sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the Nordics, are …

We estimate a measure of well-being efficiency that assesses countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective … of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in the World Happiness Reports and apply Data Envelopment … Analysis to a sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the …

This chapter conducts a review of the literature dealing with overall public sector performance and efficiency, it … defines a methodology to assess public sector efficiency and it creates a novel and large cross-sectional panel dataset of … government indicators and public sector efficiency scores. The focus is on a balanced sample covering all 36 OECD countries over …