A two-stage double-bootstrap data envelopment analysis of efficiency differences of New Zealand secondary schools

Jaforullah, Mohammad; Alexander, W Robert J; Haug, Alfred A.

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A two-stage double-bootstrap data envelopment analysis of efficiency differences of New Zealand secondary schools

Alexander, W Robert J; Jaforullah, Mohammad; Haug, Alfred A.

Cite this item: Alexander, W. R. J., Jaforullah, M., & Haug, A. A. (2007). A two-stage double-bootstrap data envelopment analysis of efficiency differences of New Zealand secondary schools (Economics Discussion Papers Series No. 714). Department of Economics, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1047

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Date: 2007-11-01

Publisher: Department of Economics, University of Otago

Pages: 25

Series: Economics Discussion Papers Series

Series number: 714

Keywords: efficiency; productivity; double boot-strapping; school finance

Research Type: Discussion Paper

Abstract:

We conduct a two-stage (DEA and regression) analysis of the efficiency of New Zealand secondary schools. Unlike previous applications of two-stage semi-parametric modelling of the school “production process”, we use Simar and Wilson’s double bootstrap procedure, which permits valid inference in the presence of unknown serial correlation in the efficiency scores. We are therefore able to draw robust conclusions about a system that has undergone extensive reforms with respect to ideas high on the educational agenda such as decentralised school management and parental choice. Most importantly, we find that school type affects school efficiency and so too does teacher quality.

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