Investing in the Disadvantaged - Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Social Policies

Informationen zum Autor David L. Weimer is professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Aidan R. Vining is CNABS Professor of Business and Government Relations at Simon Fraser University. David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining are coauthors of Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice! now in its fourth edition. Klappentext With budgets squeezed at every level of government! cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds outstanding potential for assessing the efficiency of many programs. This book addresses the application of CBA to social policy. It discusses the applicability of CBA to actual programs! describing both proven and promising examples. Zusammenfassung With budgets squeezed at every level of government! cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds outstanding potential for assessing the efficiency of many programs. This book addresses the application of CBA to social policy. It discusses the applicability of CBA to actual programs! describing both proven and promising examples. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Michael A. Stegman Preface 1. Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Social Policies Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer 2. Early Childhood Interventions Barbara Wolfe and Nathan Tefft3. Elementary and Secondary Schooling Clive R. Belfield 4. Health Care for Disadvantaged Populations David J. Vanness 5. Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses Mark S. Salzer 6. Illicit Substance Abuse and Addiction Jonathan P. Caulkins 7. Juvenile Crime Interventions Jeffrey A. Butts and John K. Roman 8. Prisoner Reentry Programming John K. Roman and Christy Visher 9. Housing Assistance to Promote Human Capital Lance Freeman 10. Encouraging Work Robert Lerman 11. Next Steps in Welfare-to-Work Michael Wiseman 12. Welfare-to-Work and Work-Incentive Programs David Greenberg13. Overview of the State-of-the-Art of CBA in Social Policy Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer 14. Agenda for Promoting and Improving the Use of CBA in Social Policy David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining List of Contributors Index ...

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• Authors: David L. Weimer, David L. (EDT)/ Vining Weimer, David L. Vining Weimer, David Vining Weimer
• Assisted by: Aidan R. Vining (Editor), David L. Weimer (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2009
• EAN: 9781589012578
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-257-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system