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Evaluating welfare reform in an era of transition / Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs ; Robert A. Moffitt and Michele Ver Ploeg, editors.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c2001.
Description
xii, 253 p. : ill.
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Subject(s)
Public welfare
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United States
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Evaluation
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Public welfare administration
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United States
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Evaluation
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Social surveys
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United States
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Evaluation
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National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs
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Moffitt, Robert
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Ver Ploeg, Michele
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Notes
"Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
Machine generated contents note: I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Panel, 1
Findings, 2
Key Questions of Interest, 3
Evaluation Methods for the Questions of Interest, 7
Data for Monitoring and Evaluating Social Welfare Programs, 8
1 INTRODUCTION
The Panel, 14
Policy Background, 16
Structure of the Report, 23
2 WELFARE REFORM MONITORING AND EVALUATION:
THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE
Descriptive and Monitoring Studies, 26
Studies of Welfare Leavers and Related Groups, 28
Randomized Experiments 30
Caseload and Other Econometric Models, 3I
Process, Implementation, and Qualitative Studies, 33
R Other Welfare Reform Studies, 34
Studies on Topics Related to Welfare Reform, 34
3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND POPULATIONS
OF INTEREST
Populations of Interest, 37 xi
Outcomes of Interest, 39
Questions of Interest, 41
Nationwide Versus Individual State Assessments, 49
Assessment, 50
4 EVALUATION METHODS AND ISSUES
Overview of Evaluation Methods, 55
Evaluation Methods for the Questions of Interest, 63
Issues in Evaluation Methodology, 73
Assessment of Current Evaluation Efforts, 93
Next Steps, 99
5 DATA NEEDS AND ISSUES
Survey Data, 104
Administrative Data, 128
Data Access and Confidentiality, 138
Program Description Data, 141
Qualitative Data, 144
Summary and Assessment of the Current Data Infrastructure, 146
6 ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES FOR MAINTAINING THE
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
The Current System, 150
A Proposed System, 154
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
A Major Current Welfare-Related Research Sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
B Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects
C The Statistical Power of National Data to Evaluate Welfare Reform
John Adams and V. Joseph Hotz
D Summaries of National-Level Survey Data Sets Relevant to
Welfare Monitoring and Evaluation
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF
PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF INDEX.
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Welfare reform
ISBN
9786610210107
9780309171342
0309171342
9781280210105
1280210109
9780309565011
0309565014
OCLC
697596982
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