Efficiency of Australian TAFE and further education providers
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Keywords
Efficiency; Education; Productivity; Performance Measurment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2015-05-30 (Education)
- NEP-EFF-2015-05-30 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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