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Rockefeller Institute Press, Albany, N.Y
Foreword /Michael J. Malbin --Applying Social Science to Government --The Role of Applied Social Science --Optimism and Disillusionment --Applying Macroeconomics --The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System --Demonstration and Evaluation Research...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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Foreword /Michael J. Malbin --Applying Social Science to Government --The Role of Applied Social Science --Optimism and Disillusionment --Applying Macroeconomics --The Planning-Programming-Budgeting System --Demonstration and Evaluation Research --Doubts Arise --Demise of the PPB System --Assessing Demonstration and Evaluation Research --Demonstration Research --The Nature of Demonstration Research --The Vocabulary of Demonstration Research --The Negative Income Tax Demonstrations --Other Income Maintenance Demonstrations --Demonstrations of Service-Type Programs --Hurdles of Demonstration Research --Selection Bias --The Null Hypothesis --Contamination --Relations with Program Operators --Quality and Consistency of Treatment --Cost and Quality of Data --Treatment of Human Subjects --The Uncertainty of Cost-Benefit Analysis --Welfare Demonstration Studies --Supported Work --Results Focus on Welfare --Implications for Welfare Reform --MDRC's Work/Welfare Demonstrations --Evaluation Research --The Nature of Evaluation Research --The Federalism Barrier Reef --Scientific Implications --Evaluating the California GAIN Program --The GAIN Process --The MDRC Evaluation --The Research Challenge --Discoveries in the Implementation Process --The 1988 and 1996 National Welfare Reform Laws --The Family Support Act of 1988 --The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 --Evaluating the Family Support Act of 1988 /Irene Lurie --Three Strategies --Little Fanfare or Rhetoric.
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
Michael J. Malbin: Foreword
Irene Lurie: Applying Social Science to GovernmentThe Role of Applied Social ScienceOptimism and DisillusionmentApplying MacroeconomicsThe Planning-Programming-Budgeting SystemDemonstration and Evaluation ResearchDoubts AriseDemise of the PPB SystemAssessing Demonstration and Evaluation ResearchDemonstration ResearchThe Nature of Demonstration ResearchThe Vocabulary of Demonstration ResearchThe Negative Income Tax DemonstrationsOther Income Maintenance DemonstrationsDemonstrations of Service-Type ProgramsHurdles of Demonstration ResearchSelection BiasThe Null HypothesisContaminationRelations with Program OperatorsQuality and Consistency of TreatmentCost and Quality of DataTreatment of Human SubjectsThe Uncertainty of Cost-Benefit AnalysisWelfare Demonstration StudiesSupported WorkResults Focus on WelfareImplications for Welfare ReformMDRC's Work/Welfare DemonstrationsEvaluation ResearchThe Nature of Evaluation ResearchThe Federalism Barrier ReefScientific ImplicationsEvaluating the California GAIN ProgramThe GAIN ProcessThe MDRC EvaluationThe Research ChallengeDiscoveries in the Implementation ProcessThe 1988 and 1996 National Welfare Reform LawsThe Family Support Act of 1988The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996Evaluating the Family Support Act of 1988
