Lessons to be learnt? The role of evaluations of active labour market programmes in evidence-based policy making

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
Active Labour Market Programmes

scholarly journals Engineering advice in policy making: a new domain of inquiry in evidence and policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam C.G. Cooper ◽  
Lorenzo Marvulli ◽  
Katie Black ◽  
John Holmes ◽  
Harshal Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Engineering Team ◽  
Related Science ◽  
Engineering Practices

Most, if not all empirical research on evidence-based policy has three features: firstly, it typically focuses on the application of science and scientific expertise on policy; secondly, it is executed by ‘outsider’ researchers who are not part of the public administration or policy-making process but observers of it (for example, Stevens, 2010); and thirdly, the major topical focus is in social policy areas such as health, education and crime (Oliver et al, 2014). This study advances the perspectives on evidence-based policy making by exploring the role of engineering expertise in policy making. We first make the case that, although related, science and engineering represent different epistemic communities in relation to policy practice. This difference, we argue, can give rise to particular styles of interaction that can make the governance of engineering expertise in policy making different to that for science or scientists. We then report on the findings of a study of the relationship between a new engineering team in a UK ministry with a technical portfolio and the policy colleagues they worked with across a range of programme areas. Through 18 interviews with policy officials, we identify a range of interactions that imply a need to consider styles of management and approaches to internal deployment of experts within policy organisations, as well as the implications for policy making and engineering expertise, given the way policy and engineering practices overlap.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Engineering advice has never been properly identified and studied in the academic social science literature to date.</li><br /><li>Engineering advice is an important and potent source of evidence in policy making in topical areas like energy policy.</li><br /><li>In contrast to science advice, engineering advice as a practice significantly overlaps with policy practice meaning important conflict or complementarity is possible, dependent on how the advice is deployed.</li></ul>

scholarly journals The role of epidemiology in evidence-based policy making: a case study of tobacco use in youth

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 360-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda C. Aldrich ◽  
Bertha Hidalgo ◽  
Rachel Widome ◽  
Peter Briss ◽  
Ross C. Brownson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Policy

scholarly journals The Impact on Employment of Active Labour Market Policies: An Evaluation of Public Employment Services (PES) in Kosovo

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Luljeta Elezaj ◽  
Arsena Gjipali ◽  
Sinan Ademaj
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Public Employment ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Active Labour ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Active Labour Market Programmes

Abstract This paper evaluates the effects that Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) as a component of Public Employment Services (PES) in Kosovo, have on their participants. The study focuses on the likelihood of individual employment as a result of the PES measures using microdata from the Labour Force Survey in Kosovo. Under deficiency of estimates on labour market measures effectiveness, the empirical analysis in this paper confirms the positive role of active labour market programmes in Kosovo. Assessments show that groups targeted by employment offices have increased their probability of being employed. Estimation results may suggest that it would be appropriate for the activity of the Employment Offices and in general, of active policies, to grow their influence. However, Employment Offices would need to meet with a greater number of individuals who could benefit from their increased employability and activity in the labour market. Moreover, it is recommended that the active policies are accompanied by other complementary policies while designing an economic environment that provides incentives for job creation.

Beyond ‘evidence-based policy’ in a ‘post-truth’ world: the role of ideas in public health policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Cultural Gaps

This chapter discusses the role of ideas in policy making. The existence of conflicts between evidence-based and ideological approaches to politically contentious issues is widely recognised. However, for policy issues — such as public health — in which there seems to be rather more of a consensus about the overarching objectives, it seems less obvious how or why ‘politics’ might obstruct the use of evidence within policy making. Indeed, the majority of civil servants and politicians in a post-1997 UK context have signed up to taking an evidence-based approach to improving population health and reducing health inequalities. The existence of such a cross-sector consensus suggests that public heath might be one area in which evidence-based policy and practice are feasible. Yet, disappointingly, most assessments of public health policies continue to conclude that they are not evidence-based. A popular explanation for this disjuncture is that it results from communicative, institutional, and cultural gaps between researchers and policy makers.

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