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Public Spending Efficiency in the OECD: Benchmarking Health Care, Education and General Administration

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  • Richard Dutu

    (OECD)

  • Patrizio Sicari

    (OECD)

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In many OECD countries changes in demography and health conditions are putting pressure on public finance. To prevent further expansion of government spending as a percentage of GDP, public spending efficiency will need to be raised. This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess the efficiency of welfare spending in a sample of OECD countries around 2012, focussing on health care, secondary education and general public services. The DEA model has a two input-one output structure, with at least one of the variables representing a composite indicator controlling for country-specific factors (socio-economic environment and life-style factors, for example). We find wide dispersion in efficiency measures across OECD countries and provide possible quantified improvements for both output and input efficiency. Efficience de la Dépense Publique dans l'OCDE : Évaluation des secteurs de la Santé, l'Éducation et l'Administration Générale Les changements en cours en matière de démographie et de santé dans de nombreux pays de l’OCDE exercent une pression sur les finances publiques. Pour éviter une hausse continue des dépenses publiques en pourcentage du PIB, l'efficience des dépenses publiques devra être augmentée. Ce document utilise l'analyse dite data envelopment analysis (DEA) pour évaluer l'efficience des dépenses publiques en 2012 dans un échantillon de pays de l'OCDE dans le domaine de la santé, de l'enseignement secondaire et de l’administration générale. Le modèle DEA a une structure à deux entrées - une sortie, avec au moins une des variables représentant un indicateur composite afin de contrôler les spécificités de chaque pays (environnement socio-économique et les facteurs de style de vie, par exemple). Nous trouvons une grande divergence des mesures d'efficience de la dépense publique au sein de pays de l'OCDE, et mesurons les améliorations possibles pour chaque pays en termes d’efficience.

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  • Richard Dutu & Patrizio Sicari, 2016. "Public Spending Efficiency in the OECD: Benchmarking Health Care, Education and General Administration," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1278, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1278-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jm3st732jnq-en
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    Keywords

    DEA; dépense publique; education; efficience; healthcare; Public spending efficiency; santé; éducation;
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    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education

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