Investigating the Performance of Iran's Economy by Using the Data Envelopment Analysis and Justice Indicators

Abstract

The performance of the economy has a great impact on the welfare of the society and people's lives. Considering the importance of the topic mentioned in this study, the performance of Iran's economy has been examined from an economic perspective. Data Envelopment Analysis and justice indicators have been used to check the performance. The indicators of justice used in this study are the gross domestic product at constant prices of 2010, the share of the population of higher education graduates among the working people of the country, the employment ratio of the population aged 10 years and older, the inflation rate, the unemployment rate and the Gini coefficient, which are among the most important indicators. are economic. The time period considered in this study to examine the performance from the economic dimension is the data of 2011 to 2018. After collecting the data, GAMS software was used to run the model. The results of this study show that the best economic performance is from 2018 and the worst performance is from 2011. Then, using the results obtained for years, they have been ranked based on their economic performance. According to the results obtained from this study, it can be seen which economic factor has caused the decrease in the performance of the economy, therefore, one should look for a way to improve the performance of this factor. In this case, the performance of the economy improves and it causes the living standards of the people in the society to improve and as a result, the welfare in the society increases.