Estimating the efficiency of Philippine public high schools using spatio-temporal stochastic frontier analysis

College

Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business

Department/Unit

Decision Sciences and Innovation Dept

Document Type

Article

Source Title

DLSU Business and Economics Review

Volume

23

Issue

2

First Page

80

Last Page

87

Publication Date

2-4-2014

Abstract

This paper proposes a method for modeling production function of education using a stochastic frontier model with spatial temporal terms. Using a unique dataset that combines school achievement scores with school characteristics from 2005-2008, the efficiency of 4,900 public high schools in the Philippines in converting school inputs into test scores was estimated. Results show that the average inefficiency is at 41% and that there is a significant positive spatial externality in efficiency, which means that efficiency in one school can spill over to its neighbors. The model was found to be robust to various environmental variables included in the estimation. The results of the study will be important to guide policy makers in allocating limited resources to public schools. © 2014 by De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

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