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Title Investing in the disadvantaged : assessing the benefits and costs of social policies / David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, editors.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series American governance and public policy series
American governance and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States -- Social policy -- 1993- -- Cost effectiveness.
United States.
Social policy.
Chronological Term 1993-
Subject Cost effectiveness.
People with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Cost effectiveness.
People with social disabilities -- Services for.
People with social disabilities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Weimer, David Leo.
Vining, Aidan R.
Other Form: Print version: Investing in the disadvantaged. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, ©2009 9781589012578 1589012577 (DLC) 2008029502 (OCoLC)234435180
ISBN 9781589015999 (electronic book)
1589015991 (electronic book)
9781589016002 (electronic book)
1589016009 (electronic book)
9781589012578 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1589012577 (paperback ; alkaline paper)