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Getting less for more
 — economic evaluation in the social welfare field
Author(s)Tom Sefton
Corporate AuthorESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - CASE, Suntory-Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines - STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science
PublisherSTICERD, London, 2000
Pages31 pp (CASEpaper 44)
SourceCentre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.
KeywordsSocial welfare ; Econometrics.
AnnotationThe purpose of economic evaluation is to inform decisions about the best use of limited resources in an explicit and rational manner. This paper examines why economic evaluation is not well-developed in many areas of social welfare. It argues that standard approaches to economic evaluation may not always be appropriate, because of the nature of many social welfare interventions, and because evaluators may have to consider a broader set of evaluation questions. Economists could usefully contribute more to the debates that have concerned mainstream evaluators from other disciplines, by modifying their approach to evaluation accordingly. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-001219225 B
ClassmarkTY: WE

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