Educational reforms and secondary school's efficiency performance in Greece: a bootstrap DEA and multilevel approach

Kostantinos Kounetas (), G. Androulakis, M. Kaisari and G. Manousakis
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G. Androulakis: University of Patras
M. Kaisari: University of Patras
G. Manousakis: University of Patras

Operational Research, 2023, vol. 23, issue 1, No 9, 29 pages

Abstract: Abstract Advocates for education reforms frequently call for policies to increase school efficiency performance. The Greek educational system has undergone several reforms while the recent financial crisis alters significantly. Using a unique dataset this study attempts to shed light on 643 Greek secondary education schools’ efficiency performance, over the period 2000–2017, and to perform an investigation of the efficiency determinants in a multilevel framework. Results reveal that there is substantial room for improvements especially for specific Greek NUTS2 regions while the adopted reforms seem to have a very low effect. Our findings also denote a favourable effect for physics, science laboratories, and class size and a significant negative effect for the variable of student per class. In addition, at a second level the gross domestic product per capita of the NUTS2 region that each school belongs positively affects its efficiency performance.

Keywords: Multilevel; DEA bootstrap; Upper secondary education; Greek school’s efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 D24 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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