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Peer reviewedSengupta, Jati K.; Sfeir, Raymond E. – Economics of Education Review, 1986
Empirical estimates of production frontiers and average production functions performed for selected public elementary school districts in California support the hypothesis of an optimal school size model. Some policy implications of the results are briefly analyzed. Appended are 16 references. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, Mathematical Models, Productivity
