中国的义务教育的财政支出的效率比较－基于DEA-Malmquist指数的实证分析－

Abstract

With the continuous development of education. Due to the distribution of China's population, the geographical location of each region, the natural environment and the differences in economic levels. This has led to an uneven development of compulsory education in different regions of China. This suggests that there are differences in the efficiency of local governments' fiscal expenditures. This paper examines the efficiency of fiscal expenditure on compulsory education in China. It uses the DEA-Malmquist index to analyse the efficiency of financial expenditure on compulsory education in 31 regions in China from 2006 to 2020. The analysis is carried out from three perspectives: annual changes, comparison of the 31 regions, and comparison of the four regions. An analysis of the annual changes reveals that the Malmquist index for 2006-2020 is 0.954, which is less than 1. This indicates that the efficiency of financial expenditure on compulsory education is regressive. The Malmquist Index for the period 2017-2020 is greater than 1. This indicates that the efficiency of China's financial expenditure on compulsory education is improving during this period. The mean value of the Malmquist Index before 2017 is less than 1, which indicates that the efficiency of financial expenditure on compulsory education in the previous period was regressive. From the comparative analysis of the 31 regions, it is found that only Shanghai's Malmquist Index is greater than 1, indicating that only Shanghai's financial expenditure on compulsory education is improving, while the efficiency of financial expenditure on compulsory education in all other regions is regressing. A comparative analysis of the four regions reveals that the mean value of the Malmquist Index is less than 1 for all four regions, indicating that all four regions have regressed in the efficiency of their financial expenditures on compulsory education. The Northeast region has the highest mean value of the Malmquist Index, followed by the East region, then the West region, and finally the Central region has the lowest mean value of the Malmquist Index.