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008 080703s2009 dcu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781589012578 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aHN59.2$b.I68 2009
082 00 $a361.6/1$222
245 00 $aInvesting in the disadvantaged :$bassessing the benefits and costs of social policies /$cDavid L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining, editors.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGeorgetown University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0903
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aAmerican governance and public policy series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSocial 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.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993-$xCost effectiveness.
650 0 $aPeople with social disabilities$xServices for$zUnited States$xCost effectiveness.
700 1 $aWeimer, David Leo.
700 1 $aVining, Aidan R.