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A New Cost-Benefit and Rate of Return Analysis for the Perry Preschool Program: A Summary
Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2010
This paper summarizes our recent work on the rate of return and cost-benefit ratio of an influential early childhood program.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331385
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Measuring the benefit-cost ratio of public IPM technology transfer programs: an optimal control framework and an application to Nepalese agriculture
Wiebelt, Manfred - 2000
Despite favourable ecological and economic results, many developing countries have not yet adopted an integrated pesticide management (IPM). Given rising marginal costs and diminishing marginal benefits from IPM technology transfer, an optimal control framework is used to identify optimal rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265444
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The rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James Joseph; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - 2009
This paper estimates the rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, an early intervention program targeted toward disadvantaged African-American youth. Estimates of the rate of return to the Perry program are widely cited to support the claim of substantial economic benefits from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274261
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Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not
Wolter, Stefan C.; Mühlemann, Samuel; Schweri, Juerg - 2003
The latest study investigating the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training for Swiss companies has shown that most apprentices offset the cost of their training during their apprenticeship on the basis of the productive contribution of the work they perform. Given this outcome, it is worth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276566
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Coastal and marine ecosystem services valuation for policy and management
Luisetti, Tiziana; Turner, R. Kerry; Hadley, David; … - 2010
Understanding the economic value of nature and the services it provides to humanity has become increasingly important. In this paper we review the progress to date on both the necessary conceptual framework and empirical valuation studies required to bolster decision support systems targeted at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276516
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Limits to CBA in UK and European environmental policy: Retrospects & future prospects
Turner, R. Kerry - 2006
This paper reviews the contemporary debate and the now long standing role of CBA in UK and European environmental policy appraisal and looks forward to possible future applications. The position taken is that despite its limitations CBA still has an important part to play in environmental policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319022
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Improving Nurse Retention in the British National Health Service: The Impact of Job Satisfaction on Intentions to Quit
Shields, Michael A.; Ward, Melanie E. - 2000
In recent years the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain has experienced an acute shortage of qualified nurses. This has placed issues of recruitment and retention in the profession high on the political agenda. In this paper we investigate the determinants of job satisfaction for nurses,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262343
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A Public Good Version of the Collective Household Model: An Empirical Approach with an Application to British Household Data
van Klaveren, Chris; van Praag, Bernard M.S.; van den … - 2008
In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for twoearnerhouseholds. The … equally weighted in the household utility function; (3)Differences in the ratio of the partners' hourly wages are explanatory … for how individualutilities are weighted in the household utility function. (4) The female's preference forhousehold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325963
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Who Pays for General Training? New Evidence for British Men and Women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
We use important new training information from waves 8-10 of the British Household Panel Survey to document the various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262766
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A public good version of the collective household model: an empirical approach with an application to British household data
van Klaveren, Chris; van Praag, Bernard; Maassen van … - 2008
In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for two-earner households. The … novelty of this paper is that we estimate a version of the collective household model, where the internally produced goods and … are equally weighted in the household utility function; (3) Differences in the ratio of the partners' hourly wages are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275825