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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Appendix B
Workshop Agenda and Participants

AGENDA

Workshop on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

12:30-12:45 PM

Welcoming Remarks

 

Barbara L. Wolfe, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Planning Committee Chair

12:45-1:15 PM

Introduction: Overview of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions

 

Lynn A. Karoly, RAND Corporation

1:15-2:30 PM

Panel 1: Methodological Issues in Evaluation Design

Moderator: Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University

 

Identification

Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago

 

Statistical Inference

David Deming, Harvard University

 

Questions and Discussion

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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2:30-3:30 PM

Panel 2: Resources and Costs for Full-Scale Early Childhood Interventions

Moderator: David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Issues in Assessing Costs and Determining Resource Allocations

Henry Levin, Columbia University

 

An Illustration of Cost Estimation from New Jersey

Clive Belfield, Queens College, CUNY

 

Questions and Discussion

3:30-4:45 PM

Panel 3: Early Childhood Intervention Outcomes for Benefit-Cost Analysis

Moderator: Margaret C. Simms, The Urban Institute

 

Sins of the Fathers

W. Steven Barnett, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

 

The Wish List

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University

 

Questions and Discussion

4:45-5:00 PM

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

 

Barbara L. Wolfe

Thursday, March 5, 2009

8:30-8:40 AM

Welcoming Remarks

 

Barbara L. Wolfe

8:40-10:00 AM

Panel 4: Assessing Long-Term Outcomes

Moderator: Jane Waldfogel

 

Approaches to Projecting Long-Term Outcomes

Katherine A. Magnuson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Leveraging Administrative Data

Janet Currie, Columbia University

 

Questions and Discussion

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Panel 5: Valuation of Outcomes and Resources/Costs

Moderator: Robert M. Kaplan, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Shadow Prices Needed for CBAs of Early Childhood Interventions

David L. Weimer

 

Valuation of Outcomes in Environmental Economics

Myrick Freeman, Bowdoin College

 

Valuation of Outcomes in Criminal Justice

Philip J. Cook, Duke University

 

Valuation of Outcomes in Health Economics

Donald S. Kenkel, Cornell University

 

Questions and Discussion

12:00-12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45-2:10 PM

Panel 6: Generalizability of Benefit-Cost Analyses Moderator: Barbara L. Wolfe

 

The Potential Role of Meta-Analysis

Mark W. Lipsey, Vanderbilt University

Design and Analysis Considerations

Howard S. Bloom, MDRC

 

Questions and Discussion

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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2:10-3:30 PM

Panel 7: Policy Decision-Making Roundtable

Moderator: Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution

 

Roundtable Panel Members

 

Rudolph G. Penner, The Urban Institute

Jon Baron, Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy

3:30-4:30 PM

Workshop Wrap-Up

Moderator: Robert M. Kaplan

 

Summary Comments: Robert H. Haveman,

University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Discussion

4:30-5:00 PM

Final Participant Comments and Closing Remarks

 

Barbara L. Wolfe

PARTICIPANTS

Committee Members:


Barbara L. Wolfe (Chair), Department of Population Health Sciences and Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ron Haskins, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution

Robert M. Kaplan, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

Lynn A. Karoly, RAND Corporation

Henry M. Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University

Jens Ludwig, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Margaret C. Simms, The Urban Institute

Jane Waldfogel, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University and Columbia University

David L. Weimer, Robert M. Lafollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Workshop Presenters:


Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy

W. Steven Barnett, National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jon Baron, Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

Clive Belfield, Economics Department, Queens College, CUNY

Howard S. Bloom, MDRC

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Teachers College, Columbia University

Philip J. Cook, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University

Janet Currie, Economics Department, Columbia University

David Deming, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

A. Myrick Freeman, Department of Economics, Bowdoin College

Robert H. Haveman, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Donald S. Kenkel, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University

Mark W. Lipsey, Institute of Public Policy, Vanderbilt University

Katherine A. Magnuson, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rudolph G. Penner, The Urban Institute


National Academies Staff:


Alexandra Beatty, Rapporteur

Barbara Boyd, Administrative Coordinator

Rosemary Chalk, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families

Wendy Keenan, Program Associate

Bridget Kelly, Program Officer

David Myles, Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Study Director

Julienne Palbusa, Research Assistant


Registered Attendees:


Nobel Absalom, Congressional Budget Office

Douglas Almond, Columbia University

Jill Antonito, Pew Charitable Trusts

Katherine Astrich, Office of Management and Budget

Tim Bartok, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Stephen Bell, Bat Associates Inc.

Bond Benton, My Way Foundation

Dara Blachman, Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Melissa Broods, Children’s Bureau

Jennifer Brooks, Administration for Children and Families

Ajay Chuddy, The Urban Institute

Dale Church, Dale Church Consulting Inc.

Rachel Cohen, Administration for Children and Families

Laura Dinehart, Florida International University

Kathleen Dwyer, Administration for Children and Families

Daniel Eisenberg, University of Michigan

Curtis Florence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Karen Freely, Ounce of Prevention Fund

Sarah Friedman, CNA

William Gormley, Georgetown University

Daryl Greenfield, University of Miami

James Griffin, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Scott Grosse, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Robert Grunewald, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Emily Holcombe, Center for Research on Children in the United States, Georgetown University

Allison K. Holmes, Administration for Children and Families

Julia Isaacs, Brookings Institution

Alex Kemper, Duke University

Rebecca Kilburn, RAND Corporation

Julie Lee, Congressional Budget Office

Vicky Marchland, The Finance Project

Nancy Geyelin Margie, Administration for Children and Families

Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Administration for Children and Families

Karen Matsuoka, Office of Management and Budget

John McCoy, Fight for Children

Song Hayek Moon, University of Chicago

Martha Morehouse, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Robert Palmer, Dale McMurchy Consulting Inc.

Patricia Pastor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ruth Perou, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Robin Pulliam, U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor

David Racine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dan Rosenbaum, Office of Management and Budget

Christine Ross, Mathematica Policy Research

Erin Schelar, Child Trends, Inc.

Lisbeth Schorr, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Keith Scott, University of Miami

Heather See, University of Maryland, College Park

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Ann Segal, Wellspring Advisors

Joan Smith, Casey Family Programs

Michael Stoto, Georgetown University

Louisa Tarullo, Mathematica Policy Research

Melissa Thornton, Public Health Agency of Canada

William Turner, University of Minnesota

Jennifer Urban, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health

Kristin Ward, Casey Family Programs

Albert Wat, Pew Charitable Trusts

Sara Watson, Pew Charitable Trusts

Mary Bruce Webb, Administration for Children and Families

Michael Weinstein, Robin Hood Foundation

Elaine Weiss, Pew Center on the States

T’Pring R. Westbrook, Administration for Children and Families

Richard Zerbe, University of Washington

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12777.
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The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age--in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example--play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist for years, as well as in behavior and other problems. There are many intervention programs designed to strengthen families, provide disadvantaged children with the critical elements of healthy development, and prevent adverse experiences that can have lasting negative effects.

In a climate of economic uncertainty and tight budgets, hard evidence not only that such interventions provide lasting benefits for children, their families, and society, but also that the benefits translate into savings that outweigh the costs is an extremely important asset in policy discussions. Convincing analysis of benefits and costs would provide a guide to the best ways to spend scarce resources for early childhood programs.

Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions summarizes a workshop that was held to explore ways to strengthen benefit-cost analysis so it can be used to support effective policy decisions. This book describes the information and analysis that were presented at the workshop and the discussions that ensued.

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