Nonparametric Estimation of Education Productivity with an Application to Dutch Schools
本文扩展了Malmquist生产率指数，将其分解为技术变化、效率变化、规模变化和环境变化，并应用于2002-2007年荷兰学校的数据分析，发现环境因素显著影响学校生产率。
In this paper we develop a malmquist productivity index for public sector production characterized by the influence of environmental variables. We extend johnson and ruggiero (2011) to the more general case of variable returns to scale to further decompose the malmquist productivity index into technical, efficiency, scale and environmental change. We apply our model to analyze productivity of dutch schools using 2002–2007 data. The results indicate that the environment influences the productivity index as well as the technical, efficiency, scale and environmental change components. We see that schools with a moderate classification of environment have the highest productivity numbers. In line with expectations, schools with the worst environment also perform worse and would perform better with an improved environment.