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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784492403321

Autore

Schuck Peter H

Titolo

Targeting in Social Programs [[electronic resource] ] : Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples / / Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-76573-9

9786610765737

0-8157-7879-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZeckhauserRichard

Disciplina

361.6120973

Soggetti

Human services - Government policy - United States

Public welfare administration - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social policy 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.