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The Technical Efficiency Performance of the Higher Education Systems Based on Data Envelopment Analysis with an Illustration for the Spanish Case
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Salas-Velasco, Manuel – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2020
It is important for policymakers and managers of higher education institutions knowing how well their universities are operating. This article aimed to show that data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be an excellent benchmarking instrument in higher education. First, by using several inputs and outputs at the institutional level, DEA can identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, College Administration, Educational Assessment
Does Greater School Resource Allocation Improve Efficiency in Education Production? Performance Assessment of Spanish Public Sector-Funded Schools
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Salas-Velasco, Manuel – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiency performance of public sector-funded schools in Spain. Design/methodology/approach: Using school-level data from Program for International Student Assessment 2012, cross-sectional models were estimated using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Technical efficiencies of public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Efficiency, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Economic and Financial Education for Investment and Financing Decision-Making in a Graduate Degree: Experimental Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Two Delivery Methods
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Salas-Velasco, Manuel – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
The author of this study offers new evidence on the effectiveness of chatbots as an instructional mode via a randomized controlled experiment in which college seniors were given online training on the convenience of pursuing a master's degree and the suitability of taking out a graduate student loan. Two educational formats, a YouTube video and a…
Descriptors: Economics Education, College Seniors, Teaching Methods, Video Technology
Wage Determinants among Medical Doctors and Nurses in Spain
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Salas-Velasco, Manuel – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
This paper examines the determination of wage rates for health professionals using three well known, and commonly used, econometric techniques: ordinary least squares, instrumental variables, and Heckman's method. The data come from a graduate survey and the analysis focuses on a regional labor market, due to nationwide information on salaries is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Surveys, Wages, Social Class
Graduates on the Labor Market: Formal and Informal Post-School Training Investments
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Salas-Velasco, Manuel – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
The purpose of this article is to obtain an understanding of which factors determine whether an university graduate receives formal on-the-job training or not and the amount of informal training received. Using a cross-sectional survey of Spanish graduates, this paper confirms that the informal training graduates receive in their jobs is more…
Descriptors: College Graduates, On the Job Training, Informal Education, Lawyers