Evaluation and monitoring of community youth prevention programs using a robust productivity index

Evidence-based prevention and intervention programs for youth behavioral and mental problems have been implemented by many local community program providers. Due to the differences among communities in resource availability and the demand for services, however, policymakers and program practitioners require ways of measuring organizational efficiency in terms of resource commitment and improvement in individual outcomes. In this paper, we propose a robust productivity index for monitoring managerial performance and detecting exceptions in dynamic environments. Robust productivity bounds are constructed to identify innovators who make a technical shift. The approach is illustrated with panel data on youth outcomes from a selected multi-site community prevention program between the fiscal years 2010 and 2015. The results suggest that our approach not only permits classification of the innovators, but also recognizes patterns of change in productivity.     

Bank productivity in China 1997–2007: Measurement and convergence

This study examines the productivity growth of the nationwide banks of China and a sample of city commercial, banks for the ten years to 2007. Using a bootstrap method for the Malmquist index, estimates of the total factor productivity growth are constructed. Five different models of inputs and outputs based on variants of the Intermediation and Production approaches and non-performing loans are treated as a bad output, are examined for the purpose of arriving at a robust measure. The productivity growth of the state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs) is compared with the joint-stock banks (JSCBs) and city commercial banks (CCBs). In general, average TFP growth has been neutral over the period for the SOCBs and JSCBs but positive for the CCBs in the second part of the period. Efficiency gains (catch-up) were obtained through cost reduction and technical innovation was associated with greater diversification of revenue away from interest earnings. The opening up of the banking market has not led to a discernible improvement in bank productivity growth.     

中国寿险业生产效率变化的实证分析——基于MALMQUIST指数

本文运用dea方法,总结其他学者参数设计的利弊,从财务管理角度重新调整了参数及其构成内容,结果发现中国寿险业全要素生产率尽管得益于追赶效应实现了2005～2009年连年大幅净增长,而且中外资各有千秋,但是沿面移动效应,即技术创新、管理创新等非常差,这意味着寿险业整体后劲不足,实现集约式增长任重而道远。     

The impact of military technology transfer on economic growth: international evidence

The purpose of this article is to measure the impact of military technology transfer on economic growth for 67 selected countries during the period 2000 to 2005 through the application of the Malmquist productivity index, which is broken down into efficiency change and technical change. Our main findings are as follows. First, technology diffusion is all-pervading in half of the sampled countries due to pure efficiency and scale efficiency changes. Second, a higher-income level and an excess of arms imports lead to innovative activities. Third, middle-income countries have higher efficiency and pure efficiency changes; these contribute to higher total productivity change. Finally, after separating the impact of capital investment from that of arms imports, the diffusion of military technology has a more positive and substantial impact on economic growth, thereby revealing the presence of externalities between countries.     

规模扩张还是技术进步:中国饭店业全要素生产率的测度与评价——基于非参数的曼奎斯特(Malmquist)生产率指数研究

20世纪90年代以来,我国的饭店业得到迅速成长。但是我国饭店业的发展到底是简单的规模扩张还是技术进步(全要素生产率)的提升受到质疑。本文基于非参数曼奎斯特(Malmquist)指数方法将全要素生产率变动分解为技术进步和技术效率变化两个部分,运用该方法测算了中国饭店业1997年以来整体生产率的变动趋势,并进一步探讨了各省份饭店业全要素生产率的增长特征。结果显示:中国的饭店业不是简单的规模扩张,也不是简单的技术进步,其全要素生产率增长率主要来源于技术进步,但技术进步的贡献有限,仍属于粗放式增长;北京等17个省份的饭店业全要素生产率正向增长,其要么来源于技术进步,要么来源于技术进步和技术效率两者的共同作用。     

Small is beautiful? The impact of economic crisis,low cost carriers,and size on efficiency in Spanish airports (2009–2011)

This paper carries out a comparative technical efficiency analysis of 35 Spanish airports using panel data for 2009–2011 with a data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology. The results suggest that airport size has a positive impact on the technical and scale efficiency and that the presence of low cost carriers has positively affected the scale efficiency of the airports where they operate. The results also show that during the present economic crisis Spanish airports have experienced a dramatic productivity regress which is due to the reduction of their technological change component.     

广东省制造业全要素生产率的实证研究

本文运用基于数据包络分析(DEA)模型的曼奎斯特(Malmquist)生产力指数,以广东省制造业内资企业、外资企业2002~2007年的面板数据为研究对象,测算并分析了各行业的全要素生产率(TFP)。结果表明,在样本期内内外资制造业TFP均提高,内资部门的TFP增长速度更快,主要原因是技术水平的提高。说明广东通过引进外资促进了制造业的发展。     

人力资本与R&D如何影响全要素生产率——基于中国大中型工业企业的经验分析

基于2000～2007年中国大中型工业企业的行业数据,本文利用投入—产出表将行业间R&D溢出区分为前向和后向,使用数据包络方法计算各行业的Malmquist生产率指数,并将其分解为技术效率和技术进步。在控制行业技术特征和所有制结构的条件下,考察了人力资本、R&D、前向和后向R&D溢出以及人力资本和R&D及R&D溢出之间的交互作用对全要素生产率、技术效率和技术进步的影响。最后,还比较了这种影响在高技术产业与低技术产业之间的异同。     

Malmquist indices of productivity growth for Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia

This paper studies the total factor productivity （TFP） of banks in Malaysia with the emphasis on comparing the relative productivities of Islamic and Conventional banks. The Malmquist index approach is used to decompose productivity growth into technical efficiency and technological change. The productivity growth is measured and decomposed into technical change and efficiency change. The efficiency change is further decomposed into pure efficiency change and scale efficiency. It is found that Islamic banks＇ productivity growth is limited by its lack of technological change compared to its conventional counterparts. Nonetheless, both types of banks are operating at the correct level in terms of scale or size.     

Evaluating the Productivity Performance of Agricultural Enterprises in Ireland using a Multiple Output Distance Function Approach

This paper uses a distance function approach to measure and decompose productivity growth of Irish agriculture between 1984 and 2000 for four principal farming systems. The technology used by each system is found to be sufficiently different as to warrant a system‐by‐system approach. The overall rate of productivity growth in Irish agriculture is found to be just over 1% for this period, but there are significant differences between systems. Sheep systems had the highest rate of productivity growth followed by dairy and tillage. Productivity in cattle farms fell during this period although there is evidence that this trend has been reversed in more recent years.