Data Envelopment Analysis of Relative Efficiencies of Public Institutions of Higher Learning

Joseph Calhoun and Joshua Hall
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Joseph Calhoun: Florida State University, Department of Economics

No 13-06, Working Papers from Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Abstract: There has been considerable public debate surrounding the efficiency of higher education in the United States. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, we look at the efficiency of a majority of the institutions of higher learning in the United States. Using two different approaches, we find some evidence that private institutions of higher learning are more efficient than public ones. In particular, masters and bachelors-granting institutions with unrestricted revenue greater than 85% are more efficient than those with less than 85%. Public institutions tend to have more restricted funding, suggesting that their stakeholders constrain them from operating on the frontier.

Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis; Productivity; Higher Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2013
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