Does the introduction of qualitative evaluation for R&D projects actually increase qualitative performance? A DID analysis

초록

Although the quantitative performance of national R&D projects in Korea has increased along with budgetary investments, the qualitative performance of these projects needs improving. In 2014, a new performance evaluation system using qualitative indicators was introduced for national R&D projects, and quantitative performance indicators of evaluated projects were converted into qualitative ones. This paper used quantitative empirical analysis based on the difference-in-difference (DID) technique to examine the relationship between individual projects' performance and the new qualitative evaluation system, to estimate whether the quality of papers and patents increased after the introduction of the new system. The estimation showed that the system had a statistically significant effect on the quality of papers. On the other hand, there was no statistically significant effect on the quality of patents. The results of the paper can inform the future improvement and direction of the new qualitative evaluation system.

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