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Podinovski, Victor V., Ismail, Ihsan, Bouzdine-Chameeva, Tatiana and Zhang, Wenjuan (2014) Combining the assumptions of variable and constant returns to scale in the efficiency evaluation of secondary schools. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 239 (Number 2). pp. 504-513. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.016
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.016
Abstract
Our paper reports on the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for the assessment of performance of secondary schools in Malaysia during the implementation of the policy of teaching and learning mathematics and science subjects in the English language (PPSMI). The novelty of our application is that it makes use of the hybrid returns-to-scale (HRS) DEA model. This combines the assumption of constant returns to scale with respect to quantity inputs and outputs (teaching provision and students) and variable returns to scale (VRS) with respect to quality factors (attainment levels on entry and exit) and socio-economic status of student families. We argue that the HRS model is a better-informed model than the conventional VRS model in the described application. Because the HRS technology is larger than the VRS technology, the new model provides a tangibly better discrimination on efficiency than could be obtained by the VRS model. To assess the productivity change of secondary schools over the years surrounding the introduction of the PPSMI policy, we adapt the Malmquist productivity index and its decomposition to the case of HRS model.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Operational Research | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0377-2217 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 December 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 239 | ||||||||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 504-513 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.016 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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