Cross-country Efficiency of Secondary Education Provision: a Semi-parametric Analysis with Nondiscretionary Inputs

Antonio Afonso and Miguel St. Aubyn ()

No 2005/05, Working Papers from Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: education; technical efficiency; DEA; bootstrap; semi-parametric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C61 H52 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005
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