Evidence-Based Scientific Policy Advice

Klaus Zimmermann ()

No 90, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: While policy measures affect the welfare of nations, the practice of policy advice is determined by complex rules. Evidence-based scientific policy advice gives weight to hard empirical facts and restrictions. The lecture discusses challenges and conditions for success and provides suggestions to improve the implementation of such a strategy

Keywords: role of economists; methodology of policy advice; labor reform policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 B4 J48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2014-09
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Published - published as 'Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Politikberatung' in: Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2014, 134, 259-270

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