Evaluating the efficiency of public services

Artikel

Efficiency is an important consideration for those who manage public services. Costs vary with output and with a variety of other factors. In the case of higher education, for example, factors include quality, student demographics, the scale and scope of the higher education provider, and the size and character of the real estate. But even when taking all these factors into account, costs vary across providers because of differences in efficiency. Such differences offer clues about good practice that can lead to improvements in the system as a whole. The role of efficiency is illustrated by reference to higher education institutions in England.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2015 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics: General ; Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity ; Publicly Provided Private Goods ; Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Higher Education; Research Institutions
• Subject: efficiency ; costs ; higher education

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Johnes, Geraint
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.196
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/125416
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET