Anticipating the consequences of school reform: A new use of data envelopment analysis

Anticipating the consequences of school reform: A new use of data envelopment analysis

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Article ID: iaor20002154
Country: United States
Volume: 45
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 608
End Page Number: 620
Publication Date: Apr 1999
Journal: Management Science
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: statistics: data envelopment analysis
Abstract:

We use DEA-type linear programming techniques to simulate a basic component of educational reform-eliminating restrictions on the allocation of school personnel. Our technique allows us to identify potential output gains (or equivalently potential cost savings) from reform. We can also identify which personnel groups are likely to gain and lose under this reform. When we apply our model to a sample of Texas school districts, we find evidence that the educational establishment has substantial economic rents to protect from school reform, and that the primary beneficiaries of reform are likely to be affluent school districts with few minority students. The technique, which relies on the relationship between the direct and indirect distance functions, can be easily generalized to measure the potential gains from removing other input restrictions such as union work rules, environmental regulations, or deed restrictions.

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