Cross-country efficiency of secondary education provision: A semi-parametric analysis with non-discretionary inputs

Economic Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 476-491

  Afonso, António ^a,b   St Aubyn, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; DEA; Education; Semi parametric; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747182793     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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