Measuring the cost of meeting minimum educational standards: An application of data envelopment analysis

Education Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Ruggiero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy; DEA; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847299082     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290601133845     Document Type: Article

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