The Korea Local Administration Review

This research aims to measure the efficiency of 69 district offices in 7Metropolitan governments of 2013 year and further evaluate their productivitygrowth during the period of 2008-2013, using the Super EfficiencyMeasure(SEM) and Malmquist Productivity Index(MPI). The results show thatthe average efficiency score of the 69 district offices is 1.2072; and the mostefficient district offices among them are the Busan and Seoul Jung-gu DistrictOffices. The number of the district offices to be included to Increasing Returnto Scale(IRS) is 28(40.6%) of the 69 district offices; whereas the number ofDecreasing Return to Scale(DRS) is 41 district offices. Second, according tothis research, the annual productivity of the 69 district offices increased 0.69%.The efficiency of the annual technological change, SE, and PTE was stablewithout any change. Furthermore, 18 district offices increased in MPI; whereas23 decreased.
□ Key Word: District Office, Administrative Service, SEM, MPI