Using Experiments to Evaluate Performance Standards: What Do Welfare-to-Work Demonstrations Reveal to Welfare Reformers?
This paper examines how experimental demonstrations can be used to inform planners about the efficacy of social programs in light of a performance standard. The problem is illustrated by considering the situation faced by state governments attempting to design programs to meet the new federal welfar...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 860 - 881 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Fall2003
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