Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale

We advocate a nonparametric multi-output framework to estimate output specific economies of scale and we apply this model to male prisons in England and Wales over the sample period 2009-2012. To estimate output-specific returns to scale in prisons, we consider not only the cost-per-place, but also...

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Main Authors: Hennebel, Veerle, Simper, Richard, Verschelde, Marijn
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41423/
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author Hennebel, Veerle
Simper, Richard
Verschelde, Marijn
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description We advocate a nonparametric multi-output framework to estimate output specific economies of scale and we apply this model to male prisons in England and Wales over the sample period 2009-2012. To estimate output-specific returns to scale in prisons, we consider not only the cost-per-place, but also qualitative outputs such as purposeful out-of-cell activity and successful reintegration. Furthermore, we introduce environmental heterogeneity using the characteristics of the prison(ers). England and Wales offers a unique example to study economies of scale in prisons as the UK has started to build new super-size prisons in order to replace the most outdated prisons.
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spelling nottingham-414232019-03-27T04:30:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41423/ Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale Hennebel, Veerle Simper, Richard Verschelde, Marijn We advocate a nonparametric multi-output framework to estimate output specific economies of scale and we apply this model to male prisons in England and Wales over the sample period 2009-2012. To estimate output-specific returns to scale in prisons, we consider not only the cost-per-place, but also qualitative outputs such as purposeful out-of-cell activity and successful reintegration. Furthermore, we introduce environmental heterogeneity using the characteristics of the prison(ers). England and Wales offers a unique example to study economies of scale in prisons as the UK has started to build new super-size prisons in order to replace the most outdated prisons. Elsevier 2017-10-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41423/1/PrisonSizeDilemmaRevision%20%28Final%29.pdf Hennebel, Veerle, Simper, Richard and Verschelde, Marijn (2017) Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale. European Journal of Operational Research, 262 (1). pp. 306-321. ISSN 0377-2217 Data envelopment analysis Economies of scale Multi-output production UK penology http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221717302771 doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2017.03.055 doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2017.03.055
spellingShingle Data envelopment analysis
Economies of scale
Multi-output production
UK penology
Hennebel, Veerle
Simper, Richard
Verschelde, Marijn
Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
title Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
title_full Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
title_fullStr Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
title_full_unstemmed Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
title_short Is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
title_sort is there a prison size dilemma?: an empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
topic Data envelopment analysis
Economies of scale
Multi-output production
UK penology
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41423/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41423/