02451nam 2200589 a 450 991081420860332120200520144314.01-280-76573-997866107657370-8157-7879-1(CKB)1000000000347395(EBL)286945(OCoLC)437176667(SSID)ssj0000255606(PQKBManifestationID)11188186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255606(PQKBWorkID)10218513(PQKB)10806436(OCoLC)86083835(MdBmJHUP)muse35363(MiAaPQ)EBC286945(EXLCZ)99100000000034739520060901d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTargeting in social programs avoiding bad bets, removing bad apples /Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20061 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-7880-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-161) and index.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."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.Public welfare administrationUnited StatesHuman servicesGovernment policyUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial policy1993-Public welfare administrationHuman servicesGovernment policy361.6/120973Schuck Peter H50196Zeckhauser Richard552254MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814208603321Targeting in Social Programs3960949UNINA