Social Experimentation, Program Evaluation, and Public Policy

by Editor: Maureen Pirog (Indiana University, USA )

• ISBN13: 9781444307405
• ISBN10: 1444307401
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume provides a single collection some of the best articles on social experimentation and program evaluation that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). Provides exposure to a variety of well-executed social experiments and evaluations for evidence-based public policy Examines the theory and conduct of evaluations and social experiments as they relate to their practical implementation in evidence-based policy making Provides exposure to the fundamental issues surrounding the conduct of evaluations as well as to the relative merits of social experiments and the ethics and use of evaluations

Table of Contents

Preface

The State of Social Experimentation and Program Evaluation

Social Experiments Versus Quasi-Experiments.

The Role of Random Assignment in Social Policy Research

The Role of Random Assignment in Social Policy Research

Nathan Response to Robinson Hollister's Opening Statement

Hollister Response to Richard Nathan's Opening Statement

Do Experimental and Nonexperimental Evaluations Give Different Answers About the Effectiveness of Government-Funded Training Programs?

How Close is Close Enough? Evaluating Propensity Score Matching Using Data from a Class Size Reduction Experiment

Three Conditions under which Experiments and Observational Studies Produce Comparable Causal Estimates: New findings from within-study comparisons 27(4)

Randomized Experiments.

Impacts of Abstinence-Only Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Five-Year Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program on Marriage among Never-Married Mothers

Alternative Routes to Teaching: The Impacts of Teach for America on Student Achievement and Other Outcomes

Quasi-Experiments

Natural Experiments.

Anti-Depressants, Suicide, and Drug Regulation

Lowering Blood Alcohol Content Levels to Save Lives: The European Experience

The Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act

The Effects of State and Local Antidiscrimination Policies on Earnings for Gays and Lesbians

Pretests and Posttests with Comparison Groups and Selection Controls.

A Cure for Crime: Can Mental Health Treatment Diversion Reduce Crime among Youth?

Cashing Out Food Stamps: Impacts on Food Expenditures and Diet Quality

Interrupted Time Series with Comparison Groups.

The Effect of Drinking Age Laws and Alcohol-Related Crashes: Time-Series Evidence from Wisconsin

Evaluating the Effects of Automobile Safety Regulation

Posttests Only with Comparison Groups.

Does WIC Work? The Effects of WIC on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes

The Changing Association between Prenatal Participation in WIC and Birth Outcomes in New York City

The Changing Association between Prenatal Participation in WIC and Birth Outcomes in New York City: What Does It Mean?

Interpreting the WIC DEBATE

Regression Discontinuity Design.

An Effectiveness-Based Evaluation of Five State Pre-Kindergarten Programs

Meta-Analyses.

Assessing Evidence of Environmental Inequities: A Meta-Analysis

Implementation, Performance Management, and Program Impacts.

Linking Program Implementation and Effectiveness: Lessons from a Pooled Sample of Welfare-to-Work Experiments

Exploring the Relationship between Performance Management and Program Impact: A Case Study of the JPTA

Ethics and Human Subjects.

Toward a More Public Discussion of the Ethics of Federal Social Program Evaluation

The Ethics of Federal Social Program Evaluation: A Response to

To Learn or Not to Learn

Comments on Dr. Blustein's Paper, "Toward a More Public Discussion of the Ethics of Federal Social Program Evaluation"

Jan Blustein's Response

The Use of Program Evaluations by Policy Makers.

The Dissemination and Utilization of Welfare-to-Work Experiments in State Policymaking

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