Efficiency of the Primary and Secondary Schools in Sweden

Efficiency in education: a review of literature and a way forward

“…Observed in: Butler and Monk (1985), Sfeir (1986) (1988), Jesson et al (1987), , Smith and Mayston (1987), Mayston and Jesson (1988), Färe et al (1989), Callan and Santerre (1990), Barrow (1991), Ganley and Cubbin (1992), McCarty and Yaisawarng (1993), Chalos and Cherian (1995), Ruggiero et al (1995), Cubbin and Zamani (1996), Engert (1996), , Bates (1997), Chalos (1997), Duncombe et al (1997), Grosskopf et al (1997Grosskopf et al ( ) (1999Grosskopf et al ( ) (2014, Heshmati and Kumbhakar (1997), Ray and Mukherjee (1998), Ruggiero and Bretschneider (1998), , Ruggiero and Vitaliano (1999), Chakraborty et al (2001), Grosskopf and Moutray (2001), Fukuyama and Weber (2002), Banker et al (2004), Primont and Domazlicky (2006), Rassouli-Currier (2007), Denaux (2009, Houck et al (2010), Naper (2010), Ouellette and Vierstraete (2010), Johnson and Ruggiero (2014).…”

“…Race/ethnicity/ minority/nationality Bessent and Bessent (1980), Bessent et al (1982), Sengupta and Sfeir (1986), Jesson et al (1987), , Diamond and Medewitz (1990), Ganley and Cubbin (1992), Cooper and Cohn (1997), Heshmati and Kumbhakar (1997), Dolton et al (2003), Jonhes (2006b) (2006c), Conroy and Arguea (2008), Ray and Jeon (2008), Perelman and Santín (2011a), Mancebón et al (2012). Way of living , Dolton et al (2003), Hanushek and Luque (2003), Kong and Fu (2012).…”

“…Dropout rate Conroy and Arguea (2008), Mancebón et al (2012). Educational resources (books, building, computers, class, bus, grants) Ruggiero et al (1995), Jimenez and Paqueo (1996), , Athanassopoulos and Shale (1997), Cooper and Cohn (1997), Heshmati and Kumbhakar (1997), Ruggiero and Bretschneider (1998), , Thursby (2000), Moreno and Tadepali (2002) (2012), Mancebón et al (2012), Misra et al (2012), Thieme et al (2012) (2013), Haelermans and Ruggiero (2013), Zoghbi et al (2013), Crespo-Cebada et al (2014). Enrollment , Ruggiero and Vitaliano (1999), (2010), Rayeni and Saljooghi (2010), Gronberg et al (2012), Johnes et al (2012), Misra et al (2012), Aristovnik and Obadic (2014), .…”

“…Resources available at home/internet use Jesson et al (1987), Ganley and Cubbin (1992), Cooper and Cohn (1997), Hanushek and Luque (2003), Mancebón and Muñiz (2008), Mongan et al (2011), Perelman andSantín (2011a) (2011b), Mancebón et al (2012), Aristovnik (2013), Deutsch et al (2013), Thieme et al (2013). Socio-economic status (family income, employment) Charnes et al (1981), Smith and Mayston (1987), Sengupta and Sfeir (1988), Barrow (1991), Ganley and Cubbin (1992), Deller and Rudnicki (1993), , , Bates (1997), Cooper and Cohn (1997), Heshmati and Kumbhakar (1997), Mancebón and Bandres (1999), Fukuyama and Weber (2002), Mizala et al (2002), Dolton et al (2003), Mancebón and Muñiz (2008), Denaux (2009), Kantabutra (2009, Agasisti (2011a) (2013), Cordero-Ferrera et al (2011), Perelman andSantín (2011a), Kirjavainen (2012), Mancebón et al (2012), Thieme et al (2013), Crespo-Cebada et al (2014), Podinovski et al (2014). Source: The authors With respect to education institutions variables (see Table 4) the literature has paid attention to study the relationship between traditional educational inputs and educational outcomes.…”

“…Family structure Jesson et al (1987), Smith and Mayston (1987), Bates (1997), Dolton et al (2003), Perelman and Santín (2011a), Kirjavainen (2012). Parental education Charnes et al (1981), Deller and Rudnicki (1993), Cooper and Cohn (1997), Heshmati and Kumbhakar (1997), Kirjavainen and Loikkanen (1998) (2012), Kong and Fu (2012), Mancebón et al (2012). Relationship with children Thieme et al (2013).…”