Análisis de la eficiencia técnica del sector de la construcción en el Ecuador durante el período 2015-2018 mediante el método Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to analyze the technical efficiency of companies in the construction sector during the period 2015-2018. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) method was applied, for the aforementioned analysis all companies in the construction sector from 2015 to 2018 were taken, additionally the respective filtering was carried out to avoid the presence of atypical data. The technical efficiency of the companies was determined, taking as inputs cost of sale, non-current assets, spending on salaries and as outputs income, economic profitability and financial profitability. Demonstrating that of the total number of companies in the construction sector in Ecuador, the majority of micro and small companies managed to be efficient during the period of time analyzed; concluding that one of the activities that shows the greatest number of technically efficient companies is the construction of all types of residential buildings: family houses, homes for the elderly, houses for charity, orphanages, prisons.