Nonparametric Estimation of Educational Production and Costs using Data Envelopment Analysis

• Main Authors: Blackburn, Vincent (Author), Brennan, Shae (Author), Ruggiero, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 214
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Public finance.; Social policy.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Social Policy.; Public Economics.

This book provides a complete analysis of educational production and costs using the nonparametric technique known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book focuses on estimation of technical, allocative and scale efficiency in the public sector characterized by the influence of exogenous socio-e...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Data Envelopment Analysis
• DEA in the Public Sector
• Input-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian Schools
• Output-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian School
• Productivity Measurement.