Not Enough Capital and Too Much Bureaucracy: An Analysis of the Input Choice Efficiency of Ohio Secondary Schools

Abstract

We examine the efficiency of Ohio public school districts by estimating marginal product - input price ratios for six measures of school inputs. Our findings suggest that while n1any districts make input choices efficiently, many others are inefficient in some way. Our results further suggest that where inefficiency is present, improvements can be made by increasing the amount of capital expenditure and support staff, and decreasing the number of administrators and office personnel. (121)