The Workforce Investment Act: Implementation Experiences and Evaluation Findings

This volume examines WIA’s objectives and the evidence on program performance and impact. The chapters are organized into five general areas: 1) understanding WIA, 2) program implementation, 3) performance management, 4) impact evaluations, and 5) future evaluation choices.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1227/thumbnail.jp

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this paper consists of 289 hospitals, located in seven states, that were surveyed in 1988 and 1992 and reported information on their patients' payment sourc

Aei Evaluative Studies

he case of brief quotations embodied in news articles, critical articles, or reviews. The views expressed in the publications of the American Enterprise Institute are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff, advisory panels, officers, or trustees of AEI. Printed in the United States of America To those who wait, to those who have died unnecessarily, and to the families of both. vii Contents FOREWORD, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv 1INTRODUCTION 1 2THE ORGAN SHORTAGE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF A POLICY FAILURE 7 The Process of Cadaveric Organ Procurement 9 Legal and Institutional Setting 11 The Organ Shortage: Fundamentals of Supply and Demand 15 Causes of the Shortage 28 Consequences of the Shortage 31 3ALTERNATIVE POLICY PROPOSALS: A SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 41 Organ Procurement Policy Alternatives 42 Social Welfare Analysis 55 Who Wins and Who Loses? 59 Appendix 3A: An Estimate of the Social Welfare Cos