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标题：Benefit-cost analysis in the evaluation of child welfare programs
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作者：E. Michael Foster ; E. Wayne Holden
期刊名称：Focus
印刷版ISSN：0195-5705
出版年度：2004
卷号：23
期号：1
出版社：Institute for Research on Poverty
摘要：Broad evaluation of the financial consequences of social programs has been somewhat of an orphan stepchild of policy analysis, especially within states. A full benefit- cost analysis is expensive and complex to implement, requiring that evaluators reach far beyond the immediate framework of the program to consider the effects of choices made across a wide programmatic and social spectrum. It takes time to do properly, and public offi-cials tend to need swift answers. But particularly now, as greater integration of social welfare programs is actively under consideration in many jurisdictions, benefit-cost analysis should be a central tool of social welfare pro-gram evaluation