Investing in the disadvantaged : assessing the benefits and costs of social policies /
"With budgets squeezed at every level of government, cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds outstanding potential for assessing the efficiency of many programs. In this first book to address the application of CBA to social policy, experts examine ten of the most important policy domains: early chil...
| Други автори: | Weimer, David Leo., Vining, Aidan R. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, DC :
Georgetown University Press,
℗♭2009.
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| Серия: |
American governance and public policy.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=280523 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Investing in the disadvantaged. |
Съдържание:
- Assessing the costs and benefits of social policies / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer
- Early childhood interventions / Barbara Wolfe and Nathan Tefft
- Elementary and secondary schooling / Clive R. Belfield
- Health care for disadvantaged populations / David J. Vanness
- Adults with serious mental illnesses / Mark S. Salzer
- Illicit substance abuse and addiction / Jonathan P. Caulkins
- Juvenile crime interventions / Jeffrey A. Butts and John K. Roman
- Prisoner reentry programming / John K. Roman and Christy Visher
- Housing assistance to promote human capital / Lance Freeman
- Encouraging work / Robert Lerman
- Next steps in welfare-to-work / Michael Wiseman
- Welfare-to-work and work-incentive programs / David Greenberg
- Overview of the state-of-the-art of CBA in social policy / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer
- An agenda for promoting and improving the use of CBA in social policy / David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining.