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<journal-id>0120-4645</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Administración (Universidad del Valle)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[cuad.adm.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-4645</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad del Valle]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-46452024000100003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25100/cdea.v40i78.13021</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Technical efficiency in secondary education and health for developed and developing countries: an estimate for 2018*]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La eficiencia técnica en educación secundaria y salud en países desarrollados y en vías de desarrollo: una estimación para 2018]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castañeda-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Faculty of Economic Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>78</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-46452024000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-46452024000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-46452024000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper employs a two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate technical efficiency in secondary education and health for 59 and 73 countries, respectively, using data from 2018. The analysis tackles important issues, such as the incidence of outliers and the incorporation of non-discretionary variables. Although other papers use monetary figures (e.g., expenditures) as inputs due to the difficulty of accessing physical units, we avoid this practice due to the risk it entails, such as neglecting the incidence of different cost structures in the outcomes associated with the implementation of financial resources; additionally, there are relatively few publications on efficiency that include more than one sector. According to the study, the technical output-oriented efficiency in the health sector is higher than in the education sector, with efficiency indices of 0.995 and 0.887, respectively. Likewise, it is observed that the countries that obtain greater output quantities are also the most efficient in each sector, not necessarily those that use fewer inputs.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este documento emplea un análisis envolvente de datos (DEA) de dos etapas para estimar la eficiencia técnica en educación secundaria y salud para 59 y 73 países, respectivamente, utilizando datos de 2018. El análisis aborda cuestiones importantes, como la incidencia de valores atípicos y la incorporación de variables no discrecionales. Aunque otros trabajos utilizan cifras monetarias (por ejemplo, gastos) como insumos debido a la dificultad de acceder a unidades físicas, nosotros evitamos esta práctica por el riesgo que implica, como no considerar la incidencia de diferentes estructuras de costos sobre la cantidad de productos que se obtienen con la aplicación de los respectivos recursos financieros; además, hay relativamente pocas publicaciones sobre eficiencia que incluyan más de un sector. Según el estudio, la eficiencia técnica orientada a la producción en el sector de la salud es mayor que en el sector de la educación, con índices de eficiencia de 0,995 y 0,887, respectivamente. Asimismo, los países más eficientes en cada caso son aquellos que obtienen mayores cantidades de outputs, no necesariamente los que utilizan menos insumos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Eficiencia en educación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Eficiencia en salud]]></kwd>
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