Efficiency of Australian technical and further education providers

Title
Efficiency of Australian technical and further education providers
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Fieger, Peter
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9509-6628
Email: pfieger2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:pfieger2
Villano, Renato
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-6623
Email: rvillan2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rvillan2
Cooksey, Ray W
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-7256
Email: rcooksey@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rcooksey
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1080/14480220.2016.1152030
UNE publication id
une:19335
Abstract
Budgetary constraints on the public purse have led Australian Federal and State governments to focus increasingly on the efficiency of public institutions, including Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes. In this study, we define efficiency as the relationship between financial and administrative inputs and educational outputs. We employ stochastic frontier analysis in determining the efficiency of Australian TAFE institutes using data sourced from institutional annual reports, the Student Outcomes Survey and administrative databases. We found significant economies of scale effects and conclude that increasing institutional size for very small institutions may result in increased efficiencies.
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Citation
International Journal of Training Research, 14(1), p. 62-75
ISSN
2204-0544
1448-0220
Start page
62
End page
75

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