Advancing the power of economic evidence to inform investments in children, youth, and families / Eugene Steuerle and Leigh Miles Jackson, editors ; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steuerle, Eugene, editor.

Jackson, Leigh Miles, editor.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Use of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--United States--Congresses.

Children.

Families--United States--Congresses.

Families.

Children--Government policy--United States--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2016.

Summary:

In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall health and well-being of children and youth, while state and local budgets have devoted almost double that amount. The potential returns on these investments may not only be substantial but also have long-lasting effects for individuals and succeeding generations of their families. Ideally, those tasked with making these investments would have available to them the evidence needed to determine the cost of all required resources to fully implement and sustain each intervention, the expected returns of the investment, to what extent these returns can be measured in monetary or nonmonetary terms, and who will receive the returns and when. As a result of a number of challenges, however, such evidence may not be effectively produced or applied. Low-quality evidence and/or a failure to consider the context in which the evidence will be used may weaken society's ability to invest wisely, and also reduce future demand for this and other types of evidence. Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families highlights the potential for economic evidence to inform investment decisions for interventions that support the overall health and well-being of children, youth, and families. This report describes challenges to the optimal use of economic evidence, and offers recommendations to stakeholders to promote a lasting improvement in its quality, utility, and use.

Contents:

Setting the stage

Producing high-quality economic evidence to inform investments in children, youth, and families

Context matters

A roadmap for improving the use of high-quality economic evidence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 5, 2016).

ISBN:

9780309440622

0309440629

9780309440608

0309440602

OCLC:

953999276