JSM Activity #240

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Activity ID:  240
Title
* Data Needs for Evaluating Welfare Reform
Date / Time / Room Sponsor Type
08/13/2002
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: H-Sutton Parlor South 		Section on Government Statistics*, Section on Health Policy Statistics*, Section on Survey Research Methods*, Social Statistics Section* Invited
Organizer: Shelly Ver Ploeg, National Academy of Sciences
Chair: Shelly Ver Ploeg, National Academy of Sciences
Discussant:  
Floor Discussion 3:40 PM
Description

The Committee on National Statistics' Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs was charged with identifying data needs and assessing the strengths and limitations of currently available data for measuring the effects of changes in welfare programs. The panel's report, Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition, reviews currently available data, both survey and administrative data at the national and state level, and presents findings and recommendations for improving the data infrastructure. The session will include an overview of the findings and conclusions of the Panel's report. Panelists from various perspectives will participate in the panel discussion.
  300387  By:  Robert Moffitt ,  Daniel Weinberg ,  Katherine Wallman ,  George Falco 2:05 PM 08/13/2002
Data Needs for Evaluating Welfare Reform

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