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Is there a prison size dilemma? An empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale

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  • Veerle Hennebel
  • Richard Simper
  • Marijn Verschelde

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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We advocate a nonparametric multi-output framework to estimate output-specific economies of scale and we apply this model to male prisons in England and Wales over the sample period 2009-2012. To estimate output-specific returns to scale in prisons, we consider not only the cost-per-place, but also qualitative outputs such as purposeful out-of-cell activity and successful reintegration. Furthermore, we introduce environmental heterogeneity using the characteristics of the prison(ers). England and Wales offers a unique example to study economies of scale in prisons as the UK has started to build new super-size prisons in order to replace the most outdated prisons.
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  • Veerle Hennebel & Richard Simper & Marijn Verschelde, 2017. "Is there a prison size dilemma? An empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale," Post-Print hal-01745348, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01745348
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.03.055
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    1. Dewitte, Ruben & Dumont, Michel & Merlevede, Bruno & Rayp, Glenn & Verschelde, Marijn, 2020. "Firm-Heterogeneous Biased Technological Change: A nonparametric approach under endogeneity," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 283(3), pages 1172-1182.
    2. Antonio Peyrache & Maria C. A. Silva, 2023. "Efficiency decomposition for multi-level multi-components production technologies," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 60(3), pages 273-294, December.

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