Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries

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Autor(a) principal: Afonso, António
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: St. Aubyn, Miguel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25645
Resumo: We address the efficiency in education and health sectors for a sample of OECD countries by applying two alternative non-parametric methodologies: FDH and DEA. Those are two areas where public expenditure is of great importance so that findings have strong implications in what concerns public sector efficiency. When estimating the efficiency frontier we focus on measures of quantity inputs. We believe this approach to be advantageous since a country may well be efficient from a technical point of view but appear as inefficient if the inputs it uses are expensive. Efficient outcomes across sectors and analytical methods seem to cluster around a small number of core countries, even if for different reasons: Japan, Korea and Sweden.
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spelling Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countriesEducationHealthExpenditure EfficiencyProduction Possibility FrontierFDHDEAWe address the efficiency in education and health sectors for a sample of OECD countries by applying two alternative non-parametric methodologies: FDH and DEA. Those are two areas where public expenditure is of great importance so that findings have strong implications in what concerns public sector efficiency. When estimating the efficiency frontier we focus on measures of quantity inputs. We believe this approach to be advantageous since a country may well be efficient from a technical point of view but appear as inefficient if the inputs it uses are expensive. Efficient outcomes across sectors and analytical methods seem to cluster around a small number of core countries, even if for different reasons: Japan, Korea and Sweden.Taylor and Francis GroupRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAfonso, AntónioSt. Aubyn, Miguel2022-09-30T15:12:17Z20052005-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25645engAfonso, António and Miguel St Aubyn. (2005). "Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries." Journal of applied economics, Vol 8, No.2: pp. 227-246.1667-6726 (Online)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:55:12Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/25645Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:09:27.525011Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
title Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
spellingShingle Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
Afonso, António
Education
Health
Expenditure Efficiency
Production Possibility Frontier
FDH
DEA
title_short Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
title_full Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
title_fullStr Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
title_full_unstemmed Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
title_sort Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries
author Afonso, António
author_facet Afonso, António
St. Aubyn, Miguel
author_role author
author2 St. Aubyn, Miguel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Afonso, António
St. Aubyn, Miguel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Education
Health
Expenditure Efficiency
Production Possibility Frontier
FDH
DEA
topic Education
Health
Expenditure Efficiency
Production Possibility Frontier
FDH
DEA
description We address the efficiency in education and health sectors for a sample of OECD countries by applying two alternative non-parametric methodologies: FDH and DEA. Those are two areas where public expenditure is of great importance so that findings have strong implications in what concerns public sector efficiency. When estimating the efficiency frontier we focus on measures of quantity inputs. We believe this approach to be advantageous since a country may well be efficient from a technical point of view but appear as inefficient if the inputs it uses are expensive. Efficient outcomes across sectors and analytical methods seem to cluster around a small number of core countries, even if for different reasons: Japan, Korea and Sweden.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Afonso, António and Miguel St Aubyn. (2005). "Non-parametric approaches to education and health efficiency in OECD countries." Journal of applied economics, Vol 8, No.2: pp. 227-246.
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