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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.
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English
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Washington, DC : National Academy Press, ©2001.
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xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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HV95 .E958 2001
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Public welfare
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United States
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Evaluation
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Public welfare administration
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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 A.
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Summary note
Identifies key policy questions for measuring whether changing social welfare programmes in the United States are working. Also reviews the available studies and research and recommends the most effective ways to address those key questions.
Notes
"Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Welfare Reform Monitoring and Evaluation: The Current Landscape. Descriptive and Monitoring Studies. Studies of Welfare Leavers and Related Groups. Randomized Experiments. Caseload and Other Econometric Models. Process, Implementation, and Qualitative Studies. Other Welfare Reform Studies. Studies on Topics Related to Welfare Reform
3. Research Questions and Populations of Interest. Populations of Interest. Outcomes of Interest. Questions of Interest. Nationwide Versus Individual State Assessments. Assessment
4. Evaluation Methods and Issues. Overview of Evaluation Methods. Evaluation Methods for the Questions of Interest. Issues in Evaluation Methodology. Assessment of Current Evaluation Efforts. Next Steps
5. Data Needs and Issues. Survey Data. Administrative Data. Data Access and Confidentiality. Program Description Data. Qualitative Data. Summary and Assessment of the Current Data Infrastructure
6. Administrative Issues for Maintaining the Data Infrastructure. The Current System. A Proposed System
App. A. Major Current Welfare-Related Research Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
App. B. Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects
App. C. The Statistical Power of National Data to Evaluate Welfare Reform / John Adams and V. Joseph Hotz
App. D. Summaries of National-Level Survey Data Sets Relevant to Welfare Monitoring and Evaluation.
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Welfare reform
ISBN
0309072743
9780309072748
0309075564 ((hardcover))
9780309075565 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2001002534
OCLC
46884117
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