Abstract: This study aims to assess the efficiency of youth non-profit organizations in Estonia by adopting non-parametric efficiency analysis. A quantitative approach with the Data Envelopment Analysis method is applied focusing on 16 nationwide youth work organisations that are strategic partners of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research and, which receive an annual grant from this institution. Findings show that 8 out of 16 organisations are inefficiently using their resources.

Keywords: non-profit organisations, efficiency analysis, non-parametric analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis

Authors:
Simona Ferraro, Department of Economics and Finance, Tallinn University of Technology
Aivar Kamal, Tallinn University of Technology

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