The use of DEA as a tool to evaluate public expenditure on education: an analysis of the cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro
Document title: The use of DEA as a tool to evaluate public expenditure on education: an analysis of the cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000436055
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Engenharia de Producao, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 92
Number: 2
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract The aim of this article is to evaluate the efficiency of cities of the State of Rio de Janeiro in relation to municipal expenditures on education, as well as to identify the reasons that lead to inefficiency. In order to achieve the initial goal, this study uses DEA technique. The DMUs are 69 cities of the State of Rio de Janeiro. This paper uses following variables as inputs: municipal expenditure on elementary school, number of teachers of 9th grade of elementary school and number of students enrolled in 9th grade of elementary school. The following variables are used to compose output information: number of students who achieved advanced or proficient level in Portuguese and number of students who achieved advanced or proficient level in Mathematics. All data refer to the year 2013. In this study, output-oriented BCC model is used and, for its application, SIAD V3.0 software was used. GIS-DEA integration and some variables external to modelling were used to identify aspects that led to the inefficiency of some DMUs. This study concludes that cities that displayed a good performance are located in the least economically developed regions and that teachers’ average salary is an important motivational factor
Disciplines: Educación
Keyword: Evaluación educativa,
Gasto público,
Educación pública,
Eficiencia educativa,
Análisis envolvente de datos
Keyword: Educational assessment,
Public expenditure,
Public education,
Educational efficiency,
Data envelopment analysis
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