04574nam 22005774a 450 991082539010332120200520144314.00-8157-9831-8(CKB)1000000000008404(EBL)3004346(SSID)ssj0000268531(PQKBManifestationID)11937689(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268531(PQKBWorkID)10235347(PQKB)11393601(MiAaPQ)EBC3004346(EXLCZ)99100000000000840420000505d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVouchers and the provision of public services /C. Eugene Steuerle ... [al et.], editors1st ed.Washington DC Brookings Institution Press Committee for Economic Development Urban Institute Pressc20001 online resource (560 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-8154-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Foreword""; ""Contents""; ""1 Common Issues for Voucher Programs""; ""2 The Economics of Vouchers""; ""3 The Politics of Vouchers""; ""4 Lessons from the Food Stamp Program""; ""5 Housing Vouchers: The U. S. Experience""; ""6 Housing Vouchers: A Contribution from Abroad""; ""7 Child- Care Vouchers and Cash Payments""; ""8 Vouchers for Federal Targeted Training Programs""; ""9 Vouchers for Elementary and Secondary Education""; ""10 Privatizing Education: Lessons from Canada, Europe, and Asia""; ""11 Vouchers and American Higher Education""; ""12 Legal and Constitutional Issues of Vouchers""""13 Grades K� 12: The Legal Problems with Public Funding of Religious Schools""""14 Medicare Vouchers""; ""15 Subsidizing Health Care for the under Sixty- Five Population""; ""16 Structured Choice versus Fragmented Choice: Bundling of Vouchers""; ""17 A Survey of Voucher Use: Variations and Common Elements""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""A Brookings Institution Press, Committee for Economic Development, and Urban Institute Press publication For decades, the use of vouchers has been widely debated. But often lost in the heat of debate is the fact that vouchers are just another tool in the government's tool chest, a restricted subsidy that falls somewhere between the extremes of cash and direct government provision of services. The instrument itself is not new--the 1944 GI Bill of Rights was a voucher, and vouchers for food, college aid, and housing have been in place for decades. Until now, however, the study of vouchers has been restricted to a few controversial applications. This volume, which grew out of a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution, the Urban Institute, and the Committee for Economic Development, fills the gap, offering a framework for comparative analysis of specific policy issues related to vouchers. Its 16 essays address the economics, politics, and legal issues of voucher use and explore how vouchers are currently employed in the United States and abroad for education, child care, job training, housing, and health care. C. Eugene Steuerle is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and has worked under four different U.S. presidents on a variety of reform issues in such areas as social security, budget, tax, and health policy. Robert D. Reischauer, a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, was director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1989 to 1995. George Peterson is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute; from 1976 to 1985 he directed the Institute's Public Finance Research Center. Van Doorn Ooms, senior vice president and director of research at the Committee for Economic Development, was formerly executive director for policy and chief economist of the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives,1989-1990, and was the Budget Committee's chief economist from 1981 to 1988.SubsidiesSocial serviceSubsidiesUnited StatesSocial serviceUnited StatesSubsidies.Social service.SubsidiesSocial service361/.05Steuerle C. Eugene1946-1037141MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825390103321Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services2921097UNINA