Analyzing the Technical Efficiency of School Districts in Oklahoma

Lee Adkins and Ronald Moomaw

Journal of Economic Insight, 2007, vol. 33, issue 2, 41-61

Abstract: The parameters of a stochastic production frontier and the determinants of X inefficiency are estimated simultaneously using a maximum likelihood estimator proposed by Battese and Coelli (1995). Our results indicate that additional instructional and noninstruction expenditures improve student performance, but only by a small amount. In addition, we find that school district size, teacher education and experience, and teacher salary affect the technical efficiency of schools.

JEL-codes: F33 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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