A.A.S. van Heezik
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Purchase efficiency in Dutch youth care
Locally least squares frontier method applied to municipality data
In this paper, we present an empirical model to analyse the efficiency of youth care by local government, especially with regard to purchasing policies. Locally least squares is applied to data from 352 Dutch municipalities operating in 2021. The outcomes reveal significant variations in the cost efficiency related to purchasing policies among municipalities. For all municipalities, the average cost efficiency is 84%. However, the corresponding standard errors of cost efficiency vary between 2.6% and 14.8% with a mean of 8.6% implying that only a limited number of municipalities are able to achieve efficiency gains with a high degree of certainty. Open House outsourcing and a framework contract without intermediate access are the most influential instruments on cost efficiency. Other features such as the duration of the contract and collaboration with other municipalities appear to have only a modest effect.
Policy reforms and productivity change in the Dutch drinking water industry
A time series analysis 1980-2015
Policy reforms and productivity change in the judiciary system
A cost function approach applied to time series of the Dutch judiciary system between 1980 and 2016
The judiciary is constantly undergoing change in order to respond to a wide range of social developments that have brought the sector under increasing pressure. In order to deal with the constant call for enhancing budgets, different policy measures have been taken to downsize the appeal to the judiciary and to improve productivity. One of the central questions hereby is whether these measures have actually contributed to a more productive sector. This paper focuses on the development of productivity in the judiciary and how policy measures have affected productivity. In this empirical analysis, we apply a cost function model to time series data of the Dutch judiciary between 1980 and 2016. The results show a dramatic decline of productivity over the entire period (−50%), in spite of various policy measures. The year 2001 can be regarded as a turning point, as since then productivity has remained more or less stable. It seems that this is largely due to the establishment of the Council for the Judiciary and the associated increase in (financial and operational) autonomy for the judiciary. Another striking result is that technical change is biased toward using more personnel through time.
Kosten van de lokale publieke gezondheidszorg in verband
Een kwantitatief onderzoek naar de kostenstructuur van de publieke gezondheidszorg in Nederlandse gemeenten 2008-2016
Wegen gewogen
Een empirisch onderzoek naar de kosten en doelmatigheid van het decentrale wegbeheer tussen 2008 en 2014
Productiviteit van overheidsbeleid
Deel IV, De Nederlandse netwerksectoren, 1980-2015
Productiviteit van overheidsbeleid
Deel III, De Nederlandse veiligheid en justitie, 1980-2014
Productiviteit van overheidsbeleid
Deel II, De Nederlandse zorg, 1980-2013