caa a22 4500 397524315 CHVBK 20180308164640.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199510 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037257 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037257 On the Measurement and Causes of Technical Inefficiency in Local Public Services: With an Application to Public Education [Elektronische Daten] [John Ruggiero, William Duncombe, Jerry Miner] Local governments (including school districts) face increasing fiscal stress due to rising costs and little growth in inter-governmental aid and property tax revenues. In this tight fiscal environment, the measurement of and identification of causes for technical inefficiency in the provision of local public services becomes all the more important. Although there is a growing body of literature on the estimation of technical efficiency using linear programming methods, the production models underlying these estimates often are not consistent with the process of local public service provision. In particular, previous studies have not properly controlled for socioeconomic variables that affect service outcomes but are beyond the control of local government officials. Further, the public choice literature theoretically modeling inefficient behavior by bureaucrats devotes scant attention to empirical analysis of the underlying causes of technical inefficiency in the public sector. The major objective of this article is to present a modified linear-programming method for estimating technical efficiency that distinguishes discretionary inputs and socioeconomic variables affecting public production. This method is applied to examining the level and possible causes of technical inefficiency in the provision of public education in New York State. © 1995 by The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Inc. ARTICLES nationallicence Ruggiero John University of Dayton aut Duncombe William Syracuse University aut Miner Jerry Syracuse University aut Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Oxford University Press 5/4(1995-10), 403-428 1053-1858 5:4<403 1995 5 jopart https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037257 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037257 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruggiero John University of Dayton aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duncombe William Syracuse University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miner Jerry Syracuse University aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Oxford University Press 5/4(1995-10), 403-428 1053-1858 5:4<403 1995 5 jopart Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford