António Afonso|Miguel St. Aubyn
Non-parametric Approaches to Education and Health Expenditure Efficiency in OECD Countries
Toulouse School of Management Research|University of Lisbon|University of Lisbon
address efficiency expenditure education health sectors sample oecd countries applying two alternative nonparametric methodologies fdh dea two areas public expenditure great importance findings strong implications concerns public sector efficiency estimating efficiency frontier use measures expenditure quantity inputs believe approach advantageous since country may well efficient technical point view appear inefficient inputs uses expensive efficient outcomes across sectors analytical methods seem cluster around small number core countries even different reasons finland japan korea sweden