Combining the assumptions of variable and constant returns to scale in the efficiency evaluation of secondary schools

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 504-513

  Podinovski, Victor V ^a   Ismail, Ihsan ^b   Bouzdine Chameeva, Tatiana ^c   Zhang, Wenjuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Education   (Malaysia)

^c KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Hybrid returns to scale; Malmquist index; Schools; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; MALMQUIST INDICES; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; RETURNS TO SCALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84904543859     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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