Investing in the disadvantaged : assessing the benefits and costs of social policies
David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining, editors
| Year of publication: |
2009
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| Other Persons: | Weimer, David Leo (contributor) ; Vining, Aidan R. (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Bristol : University Presses Marketing Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press |
| Subject: | Sozialpolitik | Social policy | Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse | Cost-benefit analysis | Theorie | Theory | USA | United States | Kosten | Effizienz |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XVI, 288 S. 23cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatzsammlung |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Social policy and cost-benefit analysis / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer Early childhood interventions and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses / Barbara Wolfe and Nathan Tefft Guiding human capital investments in elementary and secondary school with cost-benefit analysis / Clive R. Belfield Health care for disadvantaged populations : the role of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis / David J. Vanness Socially desirable programs/interventions for adults with serious mental illnesses and needs for cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness studies / Mark S. Salzer Cost-benefit analyses of investments to control illicit substance abuse and addiction / Jonathan P. Caulkins Promising areas for new research on the economic effects of juvenile crime interventions / Jeffrey A. Butts and John K. Roman Prisoner reentry programming : opportunities for economic analysis / John K. Roman and Christy Visher Cost-benefit analyses of using housing assistance to promote human capital : a conceptualization and review of the evidence / Lance Freeman Policies, programs, and demonstrations to encourage work : what are productive next steps? / Robert Lerman Next steps in welfare-to-work / Michael Wiseman Cba of welfare-to-work interventions / David Greenberg Overview of the state-of-the-art of cba in social policy / Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer Agenda for promoting and improving the use of cba in social policy / David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining. |
| ISBN: | 1-58901-257-7 ; 978-1-58901-257-8 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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