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Does the U. S. No-Concessions Policy Deter Kidnappings of Americans?
| Does the U. S. No-Concessions Policy Deter Kidnappings of Americans? |
| Autore | Jenkins Brian Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica : , : RAND Corporation, The, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (41 pages) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8330-9965-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Summary of Major Points -- The Need for a Tough Public Posture -- Deterrence Is Only One of Several Goals -- How U.S. Policy Came About -- Different Precedents and Traditions -- Blurred Perceptions of Policy -- The Logic of Deterrence -- The Empirical Evidence -- RAND's Early Research on Hostage Situations -- Recent Research on Kidnappings -- Conclusions -- Further Research -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511380003321 |
Jenkins Brian Michael
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| Santa Monica : , : RAND Corporation, The, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health Information Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Design Issues and Analytic Applications
| Health Information Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Design Issues and Analytic Applications |
| Autore | McGlynn Elizabeth A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/068/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrookRobert H
KerrEve A |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services administration -- Data processing
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medical care |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8330-4393-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""ABOUT THE SERIES DIRECTIONS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND POLICY""; ""FOREWORD""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT DO STAKEHOLDERS WANT TO KNOW?""; ""WHAT IS WRONG WITH CURRENT HEALTH SYSTEM INFORMATION?""; ""BUILDING AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""WHAT KIND OF DATA SHOULD AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM INCLUDE?""; ""What Questions Do Stakeholders Want Answered?""; ""When Do Stakeholders Need Answers?""; ""What Are the Consequences of Acting on Inaccurate Information?""
""WHEN IS EXPERT HELP REQUIRED?""""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""ENROLLMENT DATA""; ""Uses of Enrollment Data""; ""Problems with Existing Enrollment Data""; ""ADMINISTRATIVE DATA""; ""Uses of Administrative Data""; ""Problems with Existing Administrative Data""; ""CLINICAL DATA""; ""Uses of Clinical Data""; ""Problems with Existing Clinical Data""; ""SURVEY DATA""; ""Uses of Survey Data""; ""Problems with Survey Data""; ""OTHER DATA SOURCES""; ""STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE UTILITY OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL"" ""WHAT CONSUMERS OF RESEARCH NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANALYSIS""""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING THE ANALYSIS FILE""; ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""; ""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL""; ""THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""DESCRIPTION OF DATA SOURCES AND RELATED ISSUES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA SOURCES: EXISTING SYSTEMS"" ""Administrative Data""""Enrollment Data""; ""Clinical Data""; ""Survey Data""; ""Other Data Sources""; ""PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF HEALTH DATA SYSTEMS""; ""Lack of Unique Identifiers for Linking Purposes""; ""Varying Levels of Data Quality""; ""Nonuniformity of Data Elements Across Different Data Systems""; ""Enhancements to the Existing Set of Data Elements""; ""GENERAL ANALYSIS ISSUES""; ""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING AN ANALYSIS FILE"" ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""A SAMPLER OF ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES""; ""Description""; ""Inference""; ""a,""; ""b""; ""Prediction""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""DEVELOPING AND USING A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOW WILL A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WORK?""; ""HOW DO CLINICAL DATA DIFFER FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DATA?""; ""WHY IS SEVERITY ADJUSTMENT IMPORTANT?""; ""WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM?"" ""Diagnoses Must Be Valid"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450315903321 |
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McGlynn Elizabeth A
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Health Information Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Design Issues and Analytic Applications
| Health Information Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Design Issues and Analytic Applications |
| Autore | McGlynn Elizabeth A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/068/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrookRobert H
KerrEve A |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services administration -- Data processing
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medical care |
| ISBN | 0-8330-4393-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""ABOUT THE SERIES DIRECTIONS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND POLICY""; ""FOREWORD""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT DO STAKEHOLDERS WANT TO KNOW?""; ""WHAT IS WRONG WITH CURRENT HEALTH SYSTEM INFORMATION?""; ""BUILDING AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""WHAT KIND OF DATA SHOULD AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM INCLUDE?""; ""What Questions Do Stakeholders Want Answered?""; ""When Do Stakeholders Need Answers?""; ""What Are the Consequences of Acting on Inaccurate Information?""
""WHEN IS EXPERT HELP REQUIRED?""""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""ENROLLMENT DATA""; ""Uses of Enrollment Data""; ""Problems with Existing Enrollment Data""; ""ADMINISTRATIVE DATA""; ""Uses of Administrative Data""; ""Problems with Existing Administrative Data""; ""CLINICAL DATA""; ""Uses of Clinical Data""; ""Problems with Existing Clinical Data""; ""SURVEY DATA""; ""Uses of Survey Data""; ""Problems with Survey Data""; ""OTHER DATA SOURCES""; ""STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE UTILITY OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL"" ""WHAT CONSUMERS OF RESEARCH NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANALYSIS""""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING THE ANALYSIS FILE""; ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""; ""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL""; ""THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""DESCRIPTION OF DATA SOURCES AND RELATED ISSUES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA SOURCES: EXISTING SYSTEMS"" ""Administrative Data""""Enrollment Data""; ""Clinical Data""; ""Survey Data""; ""Other Data Sources""; ""PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF HEALTH DATA SYSTEMS""; ""Lack of Unique Identifiers for Linking Purposes""; ""Varying Levels of Data Quality""; ""Nonuniformity of Data Elements Across Different Data Systems""; ""Enhancements to the Existing Set of Data Elements""; ""GENERAL ANALYSIS ISSUES""; ""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING AN ANALYSIS FILE"" ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""A SAMPLER OF ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES""; ""Description""; ""Inference""; ""a,""; ""b""; ""Prediction""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""DEVELOPING AND USING A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOW WILL A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WORK?""; ""HOW DO CLINICAL DATA DIFFER FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DATA?""; ""WHY IS SEVERITY ADJUSTMENT IMPORTANT?""; ""WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM?"" ""Diagnoses Must Be Valid"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782964903321 |
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McGlynn Elizabeth A
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age [[electronic resource]]
| Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Tellis Ashley J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355/.0332 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LayneChristopher
BiallyJanice L |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic books. -- local
Industrial capacity Industrial mobilization Military readiness Armies Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4360-9
0-585-38376-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455453403321 |
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Tellis Ashley J
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Measuring national power in the postindustrial age [[electronic resource]]
| Measuring national power in the postindustrial age [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Tellis Ashley J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355/.0332 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LayneChristopher
BiallyJanice L |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic books. -- local
Industrial capacity Industrial mobilization Military readiness Armies Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4360-9
0-585-38376-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778966303321 |
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Tellis Ashley J
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Welfare Reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey
| Welfare Reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey |
| Autore | Ebener Patricia A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (62 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KlermanJacob A |
| Soggetto topico |
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- California Public welfare -- California Welfare recipients -- Employment -- California |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8330-4338-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Preface""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Glossary""; ""Introduction""; ""Status of Planning and Phase-In of CalWORKs Operations""; ""Organizational and Administrative Changes""; ""CountiesÌ Views of Successful Strategies, Implementation Problems, and What Helps and Hinders Implementation""; ""Conclusions""; ""ACIS Questionnaire"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449865703321 |
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Ebener Patricia A
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Welfare Reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey
| Welfare Reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey |
| Autore | Ebener Patricia A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (62 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KlermanJacob A |
| Soggetto topico |
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- California Public welfare -- California Welfare recipients -- Employment -- California |
| ISBN | 0-8330-4338-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Preface""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Glossary""; ""Introduction""; ""Status of Planning and Phase-In of CalWORKs Operations""; ""Organizational and Administrative Changes""; ""CountiesÌ Views of Successful Strategies, Implementation Problems, and What Helps and Hinders Implementation""; ""Conclusions""; ""ACIS Questionnaire"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783295703321 |
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Ebener Patricia A
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Welfare Reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : State and County Implementation of Calworks in the First Year
| Welfare Reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : State and County Implementation of Calworks in the First Year |
| Autore | Zellman Gail L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (27 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteinbergPaul
KlermanJacob A |
| Soggetto topico |
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
Public welfare -- California Welfare recipients -- Employment -- California |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4337-4
0-585-23508-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Background""; ""Objective""; ""ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CHANGED IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPANDED MISSION OF CalWORKs, DESPITE LIMITED TIME FOR PLANNING""; ""Implementing CalWORKs Entails a Profound Expansion of the Organizational Mission""; ""Late Legislation Limited the Time Available for County-Level Planning""; ""As a Result, Counties Have Been Forced to Implement with Only Limited Planning""; ""Counties Are Using Different Strategies to Deal with Key Implementation Requirements""
""Running Eligibility and Welfare-to-Work Activities""""Coordinating Operations with Other Agencies and Service Providers""; ""Apportioning New Agency Responsibility to Staff""; ""Increasing the Use of Outsourcing""; ""IMPLEMENTATION IS UNDER WAY, BUT RECIPIENT COMPLIANCE IS LOW""; ""Implementation Is Under Way but Is Far from Complete""; ""High Job-Placement Rates Mask a Noncompliance Problem""; ""Although Counties Are Still Developing Sanction Programs, Many Are Concerned They Will Be Ineffective When in Place""; ""COUNTIES CURRENTLY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS, BUT THIS MAY CHANGE"" ""The Counties Currently Have Sufficient Funds""""The Shift to a Single TANF Block Grant""; ""Other Funding Streams""; ""Declining Caseloads""; ""Carryover Funds""; ""How Much Do These Factors Affect Per-Case Funding?""; ""CountiesÌ Fiscal Status Could Change Dramatically""; ""Internal Factors""; ""External Factors""; ""As a Result, the Responses of County Welfare Agencies Vary""; ""ACHIEVING EARNINGS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SELF- SUFFICIENCY BEFORE TIME LIMITS EXPIRE IS A CHALLENGE""; ""Under CalWORKs, Work Pays""; ""Moving Recipients to Self-Sufficiency Is Challenging"" ""Counties Need to Work to Meet the Challenge""""IMPLICATIONS FOR FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES""; ""Theme 1: Organizational Change""; ""Theme 2: Implementation and Noncompliance""; ""Theme 3: Sufficiency of Funding""; ""Theme 4: Transition to Self-Sufficiency"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455175603321 |
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Zellman Gail L
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Welfare reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : state and county implementation of Calworks in the first year
| Welfare reform in California [[electronic resource] ] : state and county implementation of Calworks in the first year |
| Autore | Zellman Gail L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (27 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteinbergPaul
KlermanJacob A |
| Soggetto topico |
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Program)
Public welfare -- California Welfare recipients -- Employment -- California |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4337-4
0-585-23508-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Background""; ""Objective""; ""ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CHANGED IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPANDED MISSION OF CalWORKs, DESPITE LIMITED TIME FOR PLANNING""; ""Implementing CalWORKs Entails a Profound Expansion of the Organizational Mission""; ""Late Legislation Limited the Time Available for County-Level Planning""; ""As a Result, Counties Have Been Forced to Implement with Only Limited Planning""; ""Counties Are Using Different Strategies to Deal with Key Implementation Requirements""
""Running Eligibility and Welfare-to-Work Activities""""Coordinating Operations with Other Agencies and Service Providers""; ""Apportioning New Agency Responsibility to Staff""; ""Increasing the Use of Outsourcing""; ""IMPLEMENTATION IS UNDER WAY, BUT RECIPIENT COMPLIANCE IS LOW""; ""Implementation Is Under Way but Is Far from Complete""; ""High Job-Placement Rates Mask a Noncompliance Problem""; ""Although Counties Are Still Developing Sanction Programs, Many Are Concerned They Will Be Ineffective When in Place""; ""COUNTIES CURRENTLY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS, BUT THIS MAY CHANGE"" ""The Counties Currently Have Sufficient Funds""""The Shift to a Single TANF Block Grant""; ""Other Funding Streams""; ""Declining Caseloads""; ""Carryover Funds""; ""How Much Do These Factors Affect Per-Case Funding?""; ""CountiesÌ Fiscal Status Could Change Dramatically""; ""Internal Factors""; ""External Factors""; ""As a Result, the Responses of County Welfare Agencies Vary""; ""ACHIEVING EARNINGS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SELF- SUFFICIENCY BEFORE TIME LIMITS EXPIRE IS A CHALLENGE""; ""Under CalWORKs, Work Pays""; ""Moving Recipients to Self-Sufficiency Is Challenging"" ""Counties Need to Work to Meet the Challenge""""IMPLICATIONS FOR FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES""; ""Theme 1: Organizational Change""; ""Theme 2: Implementation and Noncompliance""; ""Theme 3: Sufficiency of Funding""; ""Theme 4: Transition to Self-Sufficiency"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778964503321 |
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Zellman Gail L
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| Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, The, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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