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020 $a0815778805 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aSchuck, Peter H.
245 10 $aTargeting in social programs :$bavoiding bad bets, removing bad apples /$cPeter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2006.
300 $ax, 170 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Provides a framework for analyzing the challenges involved in defining bad bets and bad apples and discusses the safeguards that any classification process must provide. Examines public schools, public housing, and medical care and proposes policy changes that could reduce the problems these two groups pose in social welfare programs"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-161) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Conceptual foundations of target efficiency -- High stakes, misguided evasions, and bad policies -- Avoiding bad bets -- Removing bad apples -- Predictive accuracy and procedural protection -- Better information, better targeting, and better policies.
650 0 $aPublic welfare administration$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHuman services$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993-
700 1 $aZeckhauser, Richard.
988 $a20061206
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