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标题：L’évaluation de la performance des collèges publics québécois par la méthode du Data Envelopment Analysis
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作者：Frédéric Broussau ; Pierre Ouellette ; Valérie Vierstraete 等
期刊名称：L'Actualité économique
印刷版ISSN：0001-771X
电子版ISSN：1710-3991
出版年度：2006
卷号：82
期号：4
页码：505-505–521
出版社：Erudit
摘要：In the Province of Québec, public colleges depend heavily on public funding: 85% of their budget come from the Department of Education. Those institutions complain that their financial resources are insufficient since Québec government decided to cut their budget in the mid-90. Of course, this suppose that they are efficient, that is, there is no waste in their use of inputs (labour, energy, equipment, etc.). In this paper, our goal is to measure this (in)efficiency. We evaluate the efficiency of the colleges using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based on micro-data. Our paper shows that the average level of inefficiency is around 10%. This represents a potential for budget reductions of 140 millions dollars per year. We also show that the level of inefficiency is not constant over time and that it is inversely related to public investment. The efficiency increased in periods of budget cuts.