Measurement of productivity and quality in non-marketable services. With application to schools

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-36

  Fare R ^a   Grosskopf, S ^a   Forsund, F R ^b   Hayes, K ^c   Heshmati, A ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Productivity rate; Public schools; Quality; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644501431     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880610643593     Document Type: Article

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