Quality adjusted measures of services in public schools

Quality adjusted measures of services in public schools

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Article ID: iaor20022845
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 136
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 655
End Page Number: 670
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
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Keywords: service, urban affairs, measurement
Abstract:

This study considers specification and estimation of cost functions in public schools. A number of production characteristics are included in the specification to control for observable differences between municipalities in the provision of their school services. Both parametric and non-parametric approaches are used to take into account the quality differences in school services. These approaches are then compared to the alternative output measure without any adjustment for quality differences. The sensitivity of different elasticities and returns to scale (RTS) measures with respect to alternative model specifications and quality adjustments are also analyzed. In the empirical section we examine performance of 282 Swedish municipalities in the production of primary and secondary school education during the 1992/3–1994/5 school years.

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