Investing in the disadvantaged : assessing the benefits and costs of social policies / / David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, editors.

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Superior document:American governance and public policy series
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:American governance and public policy.
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Physical Description:xvi, 288 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.