- Read more: Designing Institutions for Designing Policy
Public policy, like architecture or engineering, is a design science. Its ultimate purpose is to produce public policies that improve the lives of citizens, and to do so at a reasonable cost. Policy design is arguably more difficult than other forms of design. This paper examines what is needed for a viable policy design and…
- Read more: Appreciate Uncertainty around Statistical Estimates in Policy Research
Many pieces of policy research use statistical inference to estimate (i.e., do a “smart guess” about) the effects of policy interventions, based on data. As more and more data are becoming available and, accordingly, statistical modeling (aka data science) is becoming more common, it is crucial to understand the underlying assumption, or “nuance,” of statistical…
