Grups d'Investigació

GIUV2016-318

The Public Economic Evaluation research group (EVALPUB) was created to develop rigorous and useful research for managers and users of public policies. Our evaluation is carried out in the field of public economics, which takes into account both the expenditure and revenue sides of public administrations. On the revenue side, we work on both theoretical analysis and the design and evaluation of tax reforms. We are also concerned with the distribution of resources between different levels of government, carrying out work on Regional Economics and Fiscal Federalism. On the expenditure side, we are interested in the main policies that fall within the Welfare State: Education and Culture, Social Services, Health and Equality, as well as Environmental Policy. We pay special attention to the joint analysis of both facets of public activity through Tax and Benefit Microsimulation models. We also use different evaluation techniques (experimental and quasi-experimental) in order to analyse the impact of different public policies.

http://www.uv.es/~evalpub

• Estudiar las caracteristicas y funcionamiento de las principales politicas publicas
• Ofrecer informacion detallada sobre el impacto y las consecuencias de politicas publicas
• Analisis teorico sobre aspectos economicos del Sector Publico
• Transferencia de los resultados de la investigacion a los responsables politicos y a la sociedad en su conjunto
• Seguimiento y evaluacion de las instituciones que toman las decisiones sobre politicas publicas

• Micro-simulation of Taxes and Benefits.It deals with the analysis of different public policies that use microsimulation as their main instrument. This is a technique that analyses a large number of data from surveys or administrative records in order to obtain useful prescriptions for the decision-maker. In particular, microsimulation of tax and benefit policies (tax-benefit) is used to estimate the results of reforms in certain taxes and/or public benefits. From the analysis of these data, it is possible to obtain adjusted information on the cost of the reform, its effects on poverty, inequality, redistribution and progressivity. It also simulates the response of those affected, from the point of view of their labour, educational or family behaviour.
• Economics of Education and Culture.Application of theoretical literature on education and culture through different methodological approaches. The aim is to generate useful information for the policy-maker based on evidence, by adjusting the evaluation methodology to the educational or cultural policy under analysis. The aim is to apply qualitative and quantitative approaches in a complementary manner to determine the correct design of a policy or its impact on the objectives envisaged by the regulations that allowed its development.
• Health Economics, Social Services and Equality.Analysis and evaluation of health, care and social services policies, considering equality between people, through gender policies, social inclusion or equality in diversity, as the backbone. This line of research uses different economic evaluation techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-efficacy analysis, cost-utility analysis and cost-efficiency analysis. Aspects of the provision, production, financing or regulation of health services, social services in general, or services aimed at vulnerable groups are evaluated.
• Regional Economics and Fiscal Federalism.The territorial perspective is key to tackling multiple problems and for this reason academic work is carried out related to studies at regional, county and urban level. Theoretical and applied analyses are also carried out from the perspective of Fiscal Federalism. From a theoretical point of view, we analyse which public expenditures should be provided by the different levels of government and also which should be the responsible administration of the different taxes. Regarding applied studies, we analyse the situation of sub-central treasuries in different federal or quasi-federal countries, with special reference to the Spanish case.
• Impact Assessment.Policy decisions have been and continue to be made for years on the basis of inertia and traditions unsubstantiated by empirical studies. With the aim of incorporating evidence-based information, this line of cross-sectional research has been created. It proposes the application of different parametric (instrumental variables, panel models, difference-in-differences) and non-parametric (quasi-experiments, regression discontinuities) approaches to the evaluation of different public policies.
• Environmental economics.In this line of research, works that focus on problems related to the environment are developed from the perspective of public economics. For example, the problem of the spatial dispersion of certain pollutants is addressed; the role of public regulation instruments in the fight against pollution and the depletion of natural resources; or the role of taxes related to tourism, road transport or climate change.

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• Applied Economics

• microsimulación, impuestos, prestaciones públicas
• education, economy, culture
• Economy, Social Services, Health, Equality
• Regional Economics, Federalism, Decentralisation
• evaluation, impact, public policy
• reproducción humana, herencia genética, donantes, investigación embrionaria