| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
American governance and public policy series |
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American governance and public policy.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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 childhood development, elementary and secondary schools, health care for the disadvantaged, mental illness, substance abuse and addiction, juvenile crime, prisoner reentry programs, housing assistance, work-incentive programs for the unemployed and employers, and welfare-to-work interventions. Each contributor discusses the applicability of CBA to actual programs, describing both proven and promising examples. The editors provide an introduction to cost-benefit analysis, assess the programs described, and propose a research agenda for promoting its more widespread application in social policy. Investing in the Disadvantaged considers how to face America's most urgent social needs with shrinking resources, showing how CBA can be used to inform policy choices that produce social value"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
People with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Cost effectiveness
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
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Social policy -- Cost effectiveness
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social policy -- 1993- -- Cost effectiveness
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weimer, David L
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Vining, Aidan R.
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| LC no. |
2008029502 |
| ISBN |
9781589015999 |
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1589015991 |
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9781589016002 |
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1589016009 |
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