In recent years, evaluation research has taken an increasing interest in the proliferation of evaluation systems. One of the main assumptions being that such evaluation systems can enhance the use of evaluations and their findings. The current article analyses this assumption by empirically studying the workings of a specific evaluation system within the Danish Ministry of Employment. By applying the concept of constitutive effects, the article analyses how the evaluation system affects processes of policymaking within the central government. It is shown how the institutionalisation of an evidence-based evaluation system, at the ministerial level, structures the process of policymaking around a specific understanding of policy content, timeframes and expertise. Based on these findings, it is argued that evaluation systems can both enhance the instrumental use of evaluations and significantly alter policymaking processes.

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评估系统的构成效应：丹麦积极劳动力市场政策的决策过程的经验教训

近年来，评估研究对评估系统的扩散越来越感兴趣。主要假设之一是此类评估系统可以增强评估及其结果的使用。本文通过实证研究丹麦就业部内特定评估系统的运作来分析这一假设。本文运用本构效应的概念，分析了评价体系如何影响中央政府内部的决策过程。展示了部级循证评估系统的制度化如何围绕对政策内容、时间框架和专业知识的具体理解来构建决策过程。基于这些发现，