Incorporating nonmarket time into benefit-cost analyses of social programs: An application to the self-sufficiency project

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 766-794

  Greenberg, David H ^a   Robins, Philip K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Financial incentive programs; Labor supply analysis; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949136292     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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