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Evaluating public school district performance via DEA gain functions

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  • H Fukuyama

    (Fukuoka University)

  • W L Weber

    (Southeast Missouri State University)

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Existing measures of input allocative efficiency may be biased when estimated via data envelopment analysis (DEA) because of the possibility of slack in the constraints defining the reference technology. In this paper we derive a new measure of input allocative efficiency and compare it to existing measures. We measure efficiency by comparing the actual outputs of a decision-making unit relative to Koopmans’ efficient subset of the direct and indirect output possibility sets. We estimate the existing measures and our new measure of input allocative efficiency for a sample of public school districts operating in Texas.

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  • H Fukuyama & W L Weber, 2002. "Evaluating public school district performance via DEA gain functions," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 53(9), pages 992-1003, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:53:y:2002:i:9:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601417
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601417
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    1. Kristof De Witte & Laura López-Torres, 2017. "Efficiency in education: a review of literature and a way forward," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 339-363, April.
    2. A Ishizaka & D Balkenborg & T Kaplan, 2011. "Does AHP help us make a choice? An experimental evaluation," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(10), pages 1801-1812, October.
    3. Agasisti, Tommaso & de Oliveira Ribeiro, Celma & Montemor, Daniel Sanches, 2022. "The efficiency of Brazilian elementary public schools," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    4. A Ishizaka & D Balkenborg & T Kaplan, 2011. "Influence of aggregation and measurement scale on ranking a compromise alternative in AHP," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(4), pages 700-710, April.
    5. Fukuyama, Hirofumi & Weber, William L., 2005. "Estimating output gains by means of Luenberger efficiency measures," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 164(2), pages 535-547, July.
    6. Johnes, Jill, 2015. "Operational Research in education," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 243(3), pages 683-696.
    7. Camanho, Ana Santos & Silva, Maria Conceicao & Piran, Fabio Sartori & Lacerda, Daniel Pacheco, 2024. "A literature review of economic efficiency assessments using Data Envelopment Analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 315(1), pages 1-18.

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