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Targeting in social programs avoiding bad bets, removing bad apples / Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser.
| Author/creator | Schuck, Peter H. |
| Other author | Zeckhauser, Richard. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, |
| Description | x, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-161) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006029184 |
| ISBN | 0815778805 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780815778806 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780815778806 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |