Evidence-Based Scientific Policy Advice

Zimmermann, Klaus F.

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Title:

Evidence-Based Scientific Policy Advice

Authors:

Zimmermann, Klaus F.

Year of Publication:

2014

Series/Report no.:

RatSWD Working Paper No. 243

Publisher:

Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), Berlin

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.

Subjects:

role of economists
methodology of policy advice
labor reform policies

JEL:

A11
B4
J48

Document Type:

Working Paper

Appears in Collections:

RatSWD Working Paper Series, Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)

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