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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...
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作者:Bardach, E
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Berkeley
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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 ...
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作者:Swanstrom, T
作者单位:Saint Louis University
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作者:Acs, G; Phillips, KR
作者单位:Urban Institute
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作者:Cannon, JS; Kilburn, MR
作者单位:RAND Corporation
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作者:Acs, G; Phillips, KR
作者单位:Urban Institute
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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...
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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...
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作者:Chaudry, A
作者单位:The New School