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Measuring labor-efficiency in post offices

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  • DEPRINS, Dominique
  • SIMAR, Léopold
  • TULKENS, Henry

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Three methods of measuring technical efficiency are defined, and their results compared in an application to Belgian postal data. The first one is that of adjusting a Cobb-Douglas production frontier; the second is that of computing the convex hull of the data, à la Farrell; the third one is developed on the basis of the sole assumptions of input and output disposability. We conclude with an estimated average labor-efficiency of about 90%.
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  • DEPRINS, Dominique & SIMAR, Léopold & TULKENS, Henry, 1984. "Measuring labor-efficiency in post offices," LIDAM Reprints CORE 571, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:571
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-25534-7_16
    Note: In : M. Marchand, P. Pestieau and H. Tulkens (eds.), The Performance of Public Enterprises: Concepts and Measurement. Amsterdam, North-Holland, 243-267, 1984.
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