Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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• Just give me a number! - Practical values for the social discount rate AI翻译
  作者：Moore, MA; Boardman, AE; Vining, AR; Weimer, DL; Greenberg, DH
  作者单位：Simon Fraser University; University of British Columbia; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland Baltimore County
  摘要：A major reason the quality of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) varies widely is inconsistent use of the social discount rate (SDR). This article offers guidance about the choice of the SDR. Namely, we recommend the following procedures: If the project is intragenerational (does not have effects beyond 50 years) and there is no crowding out of private investment, then discount all flows at 3.5 percent; if the project is intragenerational and there is some crowding out of investment, then weight inve...
• Matching students to project groups using the elimination auction program AI翻译
  作者：Bardach, E
  作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• The impact of the Master Settlement Agreement on cigarette consumption AI翻译
  作者：Sloan, FA; Trogdon, JG
  作者单位：Duke University; University of Adelaide
  摘要：In 1998, 46 states and the four major tobacco companies signed the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), which stipulated that the tobacco companies pay states $206 billion over 25 years and take steps to reduce youth smoking. The remaining states settled separately. We sought to determine the effect of the settlements on demand for cigarettes. Using a nationwide sample from 1990 to 2002, we estimated a model of the decision to smoke cigarettes. The settlements affected smoking primarily through ...
• Growth and convergence in metropolitan America AI翻译
  作者：Swanstrom, T
  作者单位：Saint Louis University
• Jobs for the poor: Can labor demand policies help AI翻译
  作者：Acs, G; Phillips, KR
  作者单位：Urban Institute
• Meeting decision makers' needs for evidence-based information on child and family policy AI翻译
  作者：Cannon, JS; Kilburn, MR
  作者单位：RAND Corporation
• Working in America: A blueprint for the new labor market AI翻译
  作者：Acs, G; Phillips, KR
  作者单位：Urban Institute
• The use of client surveys to gouge the threat of contamination in welfare reform experiments AI翻译
  作者：Camasso, MJ; Jagannathan, R; Harvey, C; Killingsworth, M
  作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
  摘要：This paper examines the type of evidence policy analysts have used to identify the presence and magnitude of contamination in welfare reform experiments. Peter Rossi's critique of the New Jersey Family Development Program evaluation motivates the following discussion. In this critique Rossi and others contend that client inisperception about experimental control-group assignment resulted in contamination that negates reported treatment effectiveness. By applying the framework of the Rubin Caus...
• Proximity to service providers and service utilization among welfare recipients: The interaction of place and race AI翻译
  作者：Allard, SW; Tolman, RM; Rosen, D
  作者单位：Brown University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
  摘要：Currently, welfare programs coordinate a range of services to support work among welfare recipients and help them overcome barriers to employment. This paper considers the relationship between spatial proximity to and utilization of support services among welfare recipients. Accessibility of mental health and substance abuse service providers among welfare recipients is examined in the three-county Detroit metropolitan area and the relationship between mental health service accessibility and m...
• The child care problem: An economic analysis AI翻译
  作者：Chaudry, A
  作者单位：The New School