Evidence-Based Policy Analysis

Chong-Bum An is a prominent Korean economist dedicated to researching and teaching economics. He served as a research fellow at Daewoo Economic Research Institute and Korea Institute of Public Finance, and as a professor at the University of Seoul and Sungkyunkwan University. He was a member of the 19th National Assembly, overseeing President Park Geun-hye's campaign policies, and served as Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs. Currently, he leads the Policy Evaluation Research Institute.

• Part 1 The Role of the Evidence-Based Policy Evaluation1 Introduction 2 Evolving Policy Evaluation and Reforming the Policy Evaluation System in Korea 3 The Development of Policy Evaluation Research and the Role of Policy Research Institutions 4 The Five Pillars of Evidence-Based Policy Analysis Part 2 Policy Evaluation for Social Welfare Policy5 Learning about Anti-Poverty Policy and its Effectiveness using Cross National Data and Analyses 6 Evaluation Research on Income Security Policy of South Korea: Past and Present Part 3 Policy Evaluation for Tax and Fiscal Policy7 Tax and Fiscal Policy and Its Evaluation in the US 8 Tax and Fiscal Policy and Its Evaluation in Japan Part 4 Policy Evaluation for Labor and Population Policy9 National Transfer Accounts and Policy Evaluation 10 Population Aging and Public Policy 11 Gender and Public Policy: Opportunities for Economic Growth for Korea Part 5 Policy Evaluation for Housing and Urban Policy12 US Housing Experiments and Possible Applications to Korea 13 Evaluation of Housing and Urban Policy in Singapore 14 Evaluation of Korea's Housing Policy and Suggestions for Improving Policy Evaluation