04204nam 22006254a 450 991081084820332120200520144314.00-309-17134-21-280-21010-997866102101070-309-56501-4(CKB)110986584753234(SSID)ssj0000150778(PQKBManifestationID)11158996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150778(PQKBWorkID)10281466(PQKB)11316552(MiAaPQ)EBC3564051(Au-PeEL)EBL3564051(CaPaEBR)ebr10068415(CaONFJC)MIL21010(OCoLC)697596982(EXLCZ)9911098658475323420010430d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEvaluating welfare reform in an era of transition /Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs ; Robert A. Moffitt and Michele Ver Ploeg, editors1st ed.Washington, DC National Academy Pressc2001xii, 253 p. ill"Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."0-309-07274-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Welfare reformPublic welfareUnited StatesEvaluationPublic welfare administrationUnited StatesEvaluationSocial surveysUnited StatesEvaluationPublic welfareEvaluation.Public welfare administrationEvaluation.Social surveysEvaluation.361.973Moffitt Robert120908Ver Ploeg Michele1085439National Research Council (U.S.).Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810848203321Evaluating welfare reform in an era of transition4031482UNINA