LEADER 02489oam 22005894a 450 001 9910814208603321 005 20240410134915.0 010 $a1-280-76573-9 010 $a9786610765737 010 $a0-8157-7879-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347395 035 $a(EBL)286945 035 $a(OCoLC)437176667 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188186 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218513 035 $a(PQKB)10806436 035 $a(OCoLC)86083835 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC286945 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347395 100 $a20060901d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTargeting in Social Programs$b[electronic resource] $eAvoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples /$fPeter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-7880-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-161) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aHuman services$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aPublic welfare administration$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman services$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPublic welfare administration 676 $a361.6120973 700 $aSchuck$b Peter H$050196 701 $aZeckhauser$b Richard$0552254 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814208603321 996 $aTargeting in Social Programs$93960949 997 $aUNINA