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Direct linkGreenberg, David H.; Michalopoulos, Charles; Robin, Philip K. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
This paper uses meta-analysis to investigate whether random assignment (or experimental) evaluations of voluntary government-funded training programs for the disadvantaged have produced different conclusions than nonexperimental evaluations. Information includes several hundred estimates from 31 evaluations of 15 programs that operated between…
Descriptors: Males, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Meta Analysis
Moore, Mark A.; Boardman, Anthony E.; Vining, Aidan R.; Weimer, David L.; Greenberg, David H. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004
A major reason the quality of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) varies widely is inconsistent use of the social discount rate (SDR). This article offers guidance about the choice of the SDR. Namely, we recommend the following procedures: If the project is intragenerational (does not have effects beyond 50 years) and there is no crowding out of private…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Public Sector, Cost Effectiveness, Metric System
