Efficiency Differences of Finnish Senior Secondary Schools: An Application of DEA and Tobit Analysis.

Kirjavainen, Tanja; Loikkanen, Heikki A.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Efficiency Differences of Finnish Senior Secondary Schools: An Application of DEA and Tobit Analysis.

Kirjavainen, Tanja; Loikkanen, Heikki A.

Economics of Education Review, v17 n4 p377-94 Oct 1998

Studied efficiency differences in Finnish senior secondary schools by Data Envelopment Analysis, using four variant models. Average efficiencies in the most extensive models were 82% to 84%. Considering parents' educational level increased average efficiency to 91%. Tobit analysis showed school size did not affect efficiency. Input and output variable choices significantly influence results. (27 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Class Size, Diversity (Student), Efficiency, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques, Parent Background, Predictor Variables, Private Schools, Program Evaluation, Public Schools, Research Problems, School Size

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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