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BL
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951791
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b706161
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Schuck, Peter H.
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| Title & Author
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Targeting in social programs : : avoiding bad bets, removing bad apples /\ Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (x, 170 pages) :: illustrations
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0815778791
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: 1280765739
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: 6610765731
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: 9780815778790
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: 9781280765735
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: 9786610765737
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0815770316
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0815778805
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9780815770312
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9780815778806
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-161) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Human services-- Government policy-- United States.
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Public welfare administration-- United States.
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Aide sociale-- Administration-- États-Unis.
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Services sociaux-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
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Human services-- Government policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Public welfare administration.
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Social policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Services.
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United States, Social policy, 1993-
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États-Unis, Politique sociale, 1993-
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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361.6/120973
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| LC Classification
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HV95.S38 2006eb
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83.13bcl
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83.13.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Zeckhauser, Richard
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