Brazilian Federal Universities: Relative Efficiency Evaluation and Data Envelopment Analysis*

Abstract

This paper considers the issue of relative efficiency measurement in the context of the public sector. In particular, it considers the effi­ ciency measurement approach provided by data envelopment anal­ ysis (DEA). The application considered the main Brazilian federal universities for the year of 1994. Given the large number of inputs and outputs, this paper advances the idea of using factor analysis to explore common dimensions in the data set. Such procedure made possible a meaningful application of DEA, which finally provided a set of efficiency scores for the universities considered. Este artigo considera a questao da mensuracao de eficiencia relativa no contexto do setor publico. Em particular, considera a abordagem de mensuracao de eficiencia fornecida pela analise envoItoria de dados (AED). A aplicacao considerou as principais universidades federais brasileiras para o ano de 1994. Dado o grande numero de fatores de producao e produtos, este artigo lanca a possibilidade de uti­ lizar analise fatorial para explorar dimensoes comuns no conjunto de dados. Tal procedimento possibilitou a aplicacao da AED, a qual finalmente gerou um conjunto de scores de eficiencia para as univer­ sidades consideradas.

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