An Empirical Survey of Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques in Education
Worthington, Andrew C. (2001) An Empirical Survey of Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques in Education. Education Economics, 9(3), pp. 245-268.
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Abstract
Educational institutions worldwide are increasingly the subject of analyses aimed at defining, measuring and improving efficiency. However, despite the importance of efficiency measurement in education, it is only relatively recently that the more advanced econometric and mathematical programming frontier techniques have been applied to primary and secondary schools, university departments and degree programs, and universities as a whole. This paper attempts to provide a synoptic survey of the comparatively few empirical analyses in education using frontier efficiency measurement techniques. Both the measurement of inefficiency in education and the determinants of educational efficiency are examined.
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| ID Code: | 2576 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
| Keywords: | econometric frontiers, mathematical programming, data envelopment analysis, education, production functions |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09645290110086126 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5782 |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > ECONOMICS (140000) > Economic Theory (140100) > Microeconomic Theory (140104) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > ECONOMICS (140000) > APPLIED ECONOMICS (140200) > Applied Economics not elsewhere classified (140299) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > EDUCATION (130000) > SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION (130300) > Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified (130399) |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > QUT Business School |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2001 Taylor and Francis |
| Copyright Statement: | First published in Education Economics 9(3):pp. 245-268. |
| Deposited On: | 18 Nov 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2011 23:25 |
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