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Toward standardization of benefit–cost analysis of early childhood interventions

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Benefit–cost analysis informs which policies or programs most benefit society when implemented by governments and institutions around the world. This volume brings together leading researchers and practitioners to recommend strategies and standards to improve the consistency and credibility of such analyses, assisting analysts of all types in achieving a greater uniformity of practice.

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  • Lynn A. Karoly, 2013. "Toward standardization of benefit–cost analysis of early childhood interventions," Chapters, in: Scott O. Farrow & Richard Zerbe, Jr. (ed.), Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis, chapter 2, pages 63-109, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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