Public Tertiary Education Expenditure in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Efficiency Analysis

Afonso, António; Santos, Mariana

doi:10.2139/ssrn.557075

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Public Tertiary Education Expenditure in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Efficiency Analysis

ISEG-UTL Economics Working Paper No. 05/2004/DE/CISEP

29 Pages Posted: 22 Jun 2004

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António Afonso

University of Lisbon - ISEG (School of Economics and Management); UECE (Research Unit on Complexity and Economics); ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management,Universidade de Lisboa; REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics

Mariana Santos

Economic Research and Forecasting Department (DGEP)

Date Written: May 2004

Abstract

We employ a non-parametric methodology, Data Envelopment Analysis, to estimate efficiency scores for Portuguese public universities for 2001. Due to the tertiary education organisational features we consider universities as well as faculties and institutes as decision entities. Using frontier analysis we are able to separate universities/faculties/institutes that might qualify, as "performing well" from those were some improvement might increase its efficiency. This is a first effort of checking efficiency and productivity in Portuguese public tertiary education using non-parametric analysis.

Keywords: Expenditure in tertiary education, efficiency, production possibility frontier, DEA

JEL Classification: C14, H52, I21, I28

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Afonso, António and Santos, Mariana, Public Tertiary Education Expenditure in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Efficiency Analysis (May 2004). ISEG-UTL Economics Working Paper No. 05/2004/DE/CISEP, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=557075 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.557075