Cross-country efficiency of secondary education provision: a semi-parametric analysis with non-discretionary inputs

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We address the efficiency of expenditure in education provision by comparing the output (PISA results) from the educational system of 25, mostly OECD, countries with resources employed (teachers per student, time spent at school). We estimate 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 that inefficiency is strongly related to GDP per head and adult educational attainment.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 494

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis ; National Government Expenditures and Education ; Analysis of Education
• Subject: Bootstrap ; DEA ; Education ; semi-parametric ; technical efficiency ; Bildungsfinanzierung ; Bildungsverhalten ; Produktivität ; Nichtparametrisches Verfahren ; OECD-Staaten ; Bootstrap-Verfahren

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Afonso, António ; St. Aubyn, Miguel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Central Bank (ECB)
• (where): Frankfurt a. M.
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152928
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET