When benchmarking production units by non-parametric methods like data envelopment analysis (DEA), an assumption has to … frontiers across samples of producers. Until now, no exact tests for examining returns to scale assumptions in DEA, or for test … test for the hypothesis of constant returns to scale in DEA. The others are tests for general frontier differences and …

Analysis (SFA) and nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). This paper attempts to combine the virtues of both approaches … nonparametric route of DEA that only imposes free disposability, convexity, and some specification of returns to scale. From the … the data. The resulting function will always take a piece-wise linear form analogous to the DEA frontiers. We discuss the …

The present study applies a bootstrapped data envelopment analysis (DEA) procedure to compute bias-corrected measures … limitation of the lack of statistical inference of the conventional non-parametric DEA. Results revealed that overall …

We address the efficiency of expenditure in education provision by comparing the output (PISA results) from the … a semi-parametric model of the education production process using a two-stage procedure. By regressing data envelopment … analysis output scores on nondiscretionary variables, both using Tobit and a single and double bootstrap procedure, we show …

. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also … the nature of skills supplied by the education sector and the skills demanded by employers. A greater role for youth …