The efficiency of public education spending in Latin America: A comparison to high-income countries

被引：28

作者：

Azar Dufrechou, Paola ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Appl Econ, Edifici B, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

[2] Univ Republica, Inst Econ, Montevideo, Uruguay

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2016年 / 49卷

关键词：

Public education; Spending efficiency; Comparative analysis; DEA; SECTOR EFFICIENCY; 2ND-STAGE DEA; GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; MODELS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.03.005

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

This study analyzes the efficiency of public education spending and the role of possible conditioning factors in upper-middle income Latin American countries compared to high-income economies over 1970-2010. It applies a two-stage approach first obtaining country-efficiency scores through a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and then identifying their possible determinants by means of panel bootstrapped truncated regressions. Results show a minor role of inefficiency since 1990 and different efficiency profiles depending on the country's education outlays. Besides, globalization and democracy show up as important conditions affecting the efficiency path of the Latin American sub-sample. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：188 / 203

页数：16

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