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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778609903321

Titolo

Evaluating welfare reform in an era of transition [[electronic resource] /] / Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs ; Robert A. Moffitt and Michele Ver Ploeg, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17134-2

1-280-21010-9

9786610210107

0-309-56501-4

Descrizione fisica

xii, 253 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

MoffittRobert

Ver PloegMichele

Disciplina

361.973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States - Evaluation

Public welfare administration - United States - Evaluation

Social surveys - United States - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- The Panel, 1 -- Findings, 2 -- Key Questions of Interest, 3 -- Evaluation Methods for the Questions of Interest, 7 -- Data for Monitoring and Evaluating Social Welfare Programs, 8 -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- The Panel, 14 -- Policy Background, 16 -- Structure of the Report, 23 -- 2 WELFARE REFORM MONITORING AND EVALUATION: -- THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE -- Descriptive and Monitoring Studies, 26 -- Studies of Welfare Leavers and Related Groups, 28 -- Randomized Experiments 30 -- Caseload and Other Econometric Models, 3I -- Process, Implementation, and Qualitative Studies, 33 -- R Other Welfare Reform Studies, 34 -- Studies on Topics Related to Welfare Reform, 34 -- 3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND POPULATIONS -- OF INTEREST -- Populations of Interest, 37 xi -- Outcomes of Interest, 39 -- Questions of Interest, 41 -- Nationwide Versus Individual State Assessments, 49



-- Assessment, 50 -- 4 EVALUATION METHODS AND ISSUES -- Overview of Evaluation Methods, 55 -- Evaluation Methods for the Questions of Interest, 63 -- Issues in Evaluation Methodology, 73 -- Assessment of Current Evaluation Efforts, 93 -- Next Steps, 99 -- 5 DATA NEEDS AND ISSUES -- Survey Data, 104 -- Administrative Data, 128 -- Data Access and Confidentiality, 138 -- Program Description Data, 141 -- Qualitative Data, 144 -- Summary and Assessment of the Current Data Infrastructure, 146 -- 6 ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES FOR MAINTAINING THE -- DATA INFRASTRUCTURE -- The Current System, 150 -- A Proposed System, 154 -- REFERENCES -- APPENDICES -- A Major Current Welfare-Related Research Sponsored -- by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- B Summary of Current Welfare Reform Projects -- C The Statistical Power of National Data to Evaluate Welfare Reform -- John Adams and V. Joseph Hotz -- D Summaries of National-Level Survey Data Sets Relevant to -- Welfare Monitoring and Evaluation -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF -- PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF INDEX.