SCALE ECONOMIES IN AUSTRALIAN SECONDARY-SCHOOLS

The estimation of scale economies has been hampered by inadequate conc eptualisation of a production function for schooling and limited data on educational outcomes. Therefore most studies, especially in Austral ia, have approached the question indirectly through analyses ct per st udent expenditure and patterns of curriculum provision in schools of d ifferent sizes. In these terms, the evidence suggests that the gains f rom increasing school size are relatively limited.