Output-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian Schools
In accordance with Chap. 4 , in this chapter we apply the DEA models presented in Chap. 3 . However this chapter will focus on the output-oriented models to measure technical and scale efficiency of the primary and secondary schools in Australia. We wil
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Vincent Blackburn Shae Brennan John Ruggiero
Nonparametric Estimation of Educational Production and Costs using Data Envelopment Analysis
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Vincent Blackburn • Shae Brennan John Ruggiero
Nonparametric Estimation of Educational Production and Costs using Data Envelopment Analysis
Vincent Blackburn New South Wales Department of Education and Communities Sydney, NSW, Australia
Shae Brennan University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, USA
John Ruggiero Department of Economics and Finance University of Dayton Dayton, OH, USA
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