Malmquist indexes with quasi-fixed inputs: an application to school districts in Québec

DOI10.1007/s10479-008-0477-0zbMath1187.91156OpenAlexW2092395804MaRDI QIDQ970145

Pierre Ouellette, Valérie Vierstraete

Publication date: 10 May 2010

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://gredi.recherche.usherbrooke.ca/wpapers/GREDI-0825.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

productivityefficiencydata envelopment analysisQuébec school districts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear programming (90C05) Measurement theory in the social and behavioral sciences (91C05) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10)

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Uses Software

• DEA

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