Assessment of Public Education Expenditure Efficiency across Lithuanian Municipalities

• Autorzy: Renata Legenzova , Asta Gaigalienė , Dalia Rudytė , Solveiga Skunčikienė , Vilma Kazlauskienė
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Efficiency of education expenditure is the ability to maximize the educational achievement given the resources invested. Although public education expenditure tends to increase, yet this does not necessarily guarantee high quality of education services. This study aims to assess public education expenditure efficiency of Lithuanian municipalities and to identify the factors explaining its variations. The study used data for 2013-2019 from 60 Lithuanian municipalities. Corrected Ordinary Least Squares method was employed for public education expenditure efficiency assessment and regression analysis was used to determine its influencing factors. Inputs included financial (public expenditure for education and maintenance) and nonfinancial (composition of teachers, occupied area, etc.) variables. Passing ratio of Lithuanian (national) language and math exams were used as efficiency outputs. The context variables represented environmental factors of educational achievements, such as number of business entities, users of social housing, libraries, and culture centres as well as municipalities' overall financial autonomy. Results of the research are ambiguous. When assessed by the overall passing of the exams, the efficiency was high, scoring 86-90%. But when evaluated by passing exams with the highest scores, it did not even reach 40%. Two types of public expenditure were identified as the most influential factors - public expenditure for education with the negative trend, and municipality own financing with the positive influence on the public education expenditure efficiency. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Public expenditures; Effectiveness; Education; State education

PL

Wydatki publiczne; Efektywność; Edukacja; Szkolnictwo państwowe

• Czasopismo: e-Finanse
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 19
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 63--79

Twórcy

autor

Renata Legenzova

• Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

autor

Asta Gaigalienė

• Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

autor

Dalia Rudytė

• St. Ignatius of Loyola University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania

autor

Solveiga Skunčikienė

• Vilnius University Siauliai Academy, Lithuania

autor

Vilma Kazlauskienė

• Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/fiqf-2023-0027