Research on Performance Evaluation of Social Work Development in China

This paper aims to explore efficiency enhancement and resource allocation optimization in the field of social work, a topic that has been underexplored in previous literature but is crucial for its development. Using China, home to the world's largest social work force, as an example, we constructed a multi-dimensional social work evaluation index system. The study evaluates China's social work sector using Meta-frontier Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist index methods. Based on the results, we propose relevant improvement suggestions, intending to provide a reference for social work practices in other countries and regions.