Resumen de Including non-cognitive outputs in a multidimensional evaluation of education production: an international comparison
María Angeles García Valiñas, Manuel Antonio Muñiz Pérez
Non-cognitive education is recognized to be a significant objective on the same level as cognitive education. However, it has been neglected by previous studies that have analyzed efficiency in the education sector, which have exclusively focused on cognitive abilities. The main aim of the current study is to carry out, for the first time in the economic literature, a global evaluation of educational production. We have used information about both affective and cognitive outputs from a sample of 22 OECD countries. We find that there is a link between educational expenditures and affective outputs. However, the link is not clear in the case of the cognitive output. Additionally, the level of economic development of a country is a factor which has a positive influence on educational expenditure efficiency. Neither family support nor the presence of private schools are found to be significant factors in explaining the global efficiency of the education sector.
