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Investing in the disadvantaged : assessing the benefits and costs of social policies / David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American governance and public policy
- American governance and public policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with social disabilities--Services for.
- Cost effectiveness.
- People with social disabilities.
- Social policy.
- United States--Social policy--1993---Cost effectiveness.
- United States.
- People with social disabilities--Services for--United States--Cost effectiveness.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589012578
- 1589012577
- OCLC:
- 234435180
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