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Additional authors

1. Zeckhauser, Richard.

Description

1. 1 online resource (x, 170 p.) : ill.

Summary

1. "Provides a framework for analyzing the challenges involved in defining bad bets and bad apples and discusses the safeguards that any classification process must provide. Examines public schools, public housing, and medical care and proposes policy changes that could reduce the problems these two groups pose in social welfare programs"--Provided by publisher.

Uniform title

1. Targeting in social programs (Online)

Alternative title

1. Targeting in social programs (Online)

Subject

1. Public welfare administration > United States
2. Human services > Government policy > United States
3. United States > Social policy > 1993-

Contents

1. Introduction -- Conceptual foundations of target efficiency -- High stakes, misguided evasions, and bad policies -- Avoiding bad bets -- Removing bad apples -- Predictive accuracy and procedural protection -- Better information, better targeting, and better policies.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-161) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Schuck, Peter H.

Title

1. Targeting in social programs [electronic resource] : avoiding bad bets, removing bad apples / Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser.

Imprint

1. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-161) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

Added author

1. Zeckhauser, Richard.

LCCN

1. 2006029184