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Pantuosco, Louis J.; Ullrich, Laura D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2010
Using a reduced form version of a theoretical expansion of Hoxby's (1996) education production model, we investigate whether bargaining teachers unions are a boon or a bust to the economy of the state. We anticipate teachers, being in the public sector veiled from competition, are less likely to be efficient. Yet, their product, education,…
Descriptors: Productivity, Unions, Public Sector, Collective Bargaining
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Breton, Theodore R. – Education Economics, 2010
This paper uses a new data-set for cumulative national investment in formal schooling and a new instrument for schooling to estimate the national return on investment in 61 countries. These estimates are combined with data on the private rate of return on investment in schooling to estimate the external rate of return. In 1990 the external rate of…
Descriptors: Income, Educational Benefits, Outcomes of Education, Educational Assessment
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Coupet, Jason; Barnum, Darold – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2010
Discussions of efficiency among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are often missing in academic conversations. This article seeks to assess efficiency of individual HBCUs using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric technique that can synthesize multiple inputs and outputs to determine a single efficiency score for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Educational Finance, Efficiency, Data Analysis
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de Guzman, Maria Corazon Gwendolyn N.; Cabana, Emilyn – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This paper measures the technical efficiency of 16 selected colleges and universities in Metro Manila, Philippines, using academic data for the SY 2001-2005. Using the data envelopment analysis (DEA), on average, schools posted 0.807 index score and need additional 19.3% efficiency growth to be efficient. Overall, there are top four efficient…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Private Education, Efficiency
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Knoeppel, Robert C.; Rinehart, James S. – Educational Considerations, 2008
The purpose of this study was to compare multiple regression with canonical analysis in order to introduce a new, policy relevant methodology to the literature on production functions. Findings from this study confirmed the results of past inquiries that found a relationship between the inputs to schooling and measures of student achievement. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literature Reviews, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables
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Nicholson-Crotty, Sean – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This article argues that the conclusions of previous research on the impact of sentencing guidelines may be misleading due to the cross-sectional methodologies employed in these studies. This study will suggest that a theoretically driven longitudinal analysis of mandatory guidelines offers a more appropriate way to study these policies.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Sanctions, Correctional Institutions, Program Effectiveness