Measuring relative efficiency of secondary education in selected EU and OECD countries: the case of Slovenia and Croatia

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 419-433

  Aristovnik, Aleksander ^a   Obadić, Alka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; DEA; EU; OECD; secondary education; Slovenia; technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907873563     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2014.880085     Document Type: Article

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