Research Catalog

Title

Social experimentation and public policymaking / David Greenberg, Donna Linksz, and Marvin Mandell.

Author

Greenberg, David H.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press, c2003.

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Additional Authors

• Linksz, Donna.
• Mandell, Marvin.

Description

x, 335 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Social experimentation randomly assigns individuals or groups to coverage by the policy of interest or a control group and then the groups are compared in terms of outcome. Greenberg (economics, U. of Maryland), Linksz (mathematics, science, and engineering, Community College of Baltimore County), and Mandell (policy sciences, U. of Maryland) seek to assess whether the substantial investment in social experimentation in the United States has resulted in significant public policy changes. After explaining the general concepts behind social experimentation, they analyze five case studies and determine that they are not of decisive importance in state policy making, but they often serve useful purposes of policy formation. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Subject

• Since 1993
• Evaluation research (Social action programs) > United States > Case studies
• United States > Social policy > 20th century > Case studies

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-326) and index.

Contents

Conceptual Foundations -- Introduction -- Social Experimentation -- Conceptual Framework and Methodology -- Case Studies -- The RAND Health Insurance Experiment -- The Nursing Home Incentive Reimbursement Experiment -- The Income Maintenance Experiments -- The Unemployment Insurance Bonus Experiments -- The Welfare-to-Work Experiments -- Conclusions -- The Dissemination and Use of Experiments in State Policymaking -- Lessons from the Case Studies.

ISBN

087766711X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2003002253

OCLC

51752196

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library