Implications of Brazilian institutional guidelines on educational efficiency

Nascimento, Marcus Gerardus L., Becker, Kalinca L. and Mendonça, Mario Jorge (2020) Implications of Brazilian institutional guidelines on educational efficiency. Economía, 21 (1). 147 - 168. ISSN 1529-7470

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Abstract

This paper investigates the relation between inefficiency in the Brazilian education system and municipal wealth, discussing how the current legislation possibly influences it. To that end, we apply a stochastic frontier model that accommodates covariates in the asymmetric error component to analyze the impact of per capita GDP on inefficiency. This methodology is applied to a data set on the Rio Grande do Sul municipalities for the years 2007 and 2017. The results indicate a positive effect, suggesting that richer municipalities are less efficient in allocating their resources.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://economia.lse.ac.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2020 LACTEA
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
JEL classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I20 - General H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations > H75 - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C11 - Bayesian Analysis
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2024 10:03
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 10:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123309

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