On Criteria for Evaluating Social Programs

Jorge Luis Garcia () and James Heckman

No 15188, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper examines some recently proposed criteria for evaluation of the net social benefits of social programs.

Keywords: cost-benefit analysis; marginal value of public funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2022-03
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