Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England: A DEA analysis

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1282-1297

  Thanassoulis, E ^a   Kortelainen, M ^b   Johnes, G ^c   Johnes, J ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost function; data envelopment analysis; higher education; performance measurement; productivity

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTIVITY; STUDENTS;

HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; MALMQUIST INDICES; PARAMETRIC METHOD; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; STUDENT NUMBERS; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955609358     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.68     Document Type: Article

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