An international comparison of educational systems: an application of the global Malmquist-Luenberger index

Víctor Giménez, Claudio Thieme, Diego Prior and Emili Tortosa-Ausina

No 2014/18, Working Papers from Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain)

Abstract: This study uses the global Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index to measure performance change in the educational systems of 28 countries participating in the TIMSS 2007 and 2011 for eighth grade basic education students in the discipline of mathematics. This methodology is particularly appropriate both for its desirable properties as well as its suitability for the educational context. Results indicate that the countries participating in the study not only chose different paths to improve their educational performance but, in addition, results varied remarkably among them. They also suggest that, on average, educational performance deteriorated between 2007 and 2011, although we also found (successful) efforts in several countries to improve equality.

Keywords: education; efficiency; Malmquist-Luenberger; TIMSS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 H52 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2014
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