PUBLIC EXPENDITURE EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC DISTRICT SCHOOLS IN CEARÁ, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Marilia de Souza Castro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Eliane Pinheiro de Sousa Universidade Regional do Cariri

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13037/gr.vol34n100.2596

Abstract

This study attempts to measure the scores of technical efficiency and scale of public spending on education in Ceará. The non-parametric method used to accomplish the proposed objective consists in Data Envelopment Analysis, based on data from the Finance of Brazil system, published by the National Treasury Secretariat and Ceará’s Statistical Yearbook, published by the Ceará’s Institute of Research and Economic Strategy for the year 2011. The results indicate that the municipalities of Ceará may decrease their spending, in average, by 53% and 46% in models with constant and variable returns, respectively, without reducing the production of educational municipalities. In regional terms, the data indicate that the Fortaleza’s metropolitan mesoregion verified the best results. Moreover, all mesoregions showed predominance of public schools operating with decreasing returns to scale.

Keywords: Technical and scale efficiency; education; data envelopment analysis; Ceará.

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Author Biographies

Marilia de Souza Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Mestre em Economia Regional na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal (RN), Brasil

Eliane Pinheiro de Sousa, Universidade Regional do Cariri

Pós-Doutorado em Economia Aplicada pela Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” da Universidade de São Paulo, doutora em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa e professora adjunta do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato (CE), Brasil

Published

2018-03-01

How to Cite

Castro, M. de S., & Sousa, E. P. de. (2018). PUBLIC EXPENDITURE EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC DISTRICT SCHOOLS IN CEARÁ, BRAZIL. Gestão & Regionalidade, 34(100). https://doi.org/10.13037/gr.vol34n100.2596