Investing in the disadvantaged assessing the benefits and costs of social policies - Weimer, David Leo.; Vining, Aidan R.; ebrary, Inc. (Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: People with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Cost effectiveness; United States -- Social policy -- 1993- -- Cost effectiveness; Electronic books