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 |
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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 |
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Lynn A. Karoly, RAND Corporation |
1:15-2:30 PM |
Panel 1: Methodological Issues in Evaluation Design Moderator: Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University |
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Identification Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago |
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Statistical Inference David Deming, Harvard University |
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Questions and Discussion |
2:30-3:30 PM |
Panel 2: Resources and Costs for Full-Scale Early Childhood Interventions Moderator: David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Issues in Assessing Costs and Determining Resource Allocations Henry Levin, Columbia University |
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An Illustration of Cost Estimation from New Jersey Clive Belfield, Queens College, CUNY |
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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 |
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Sins of the Fathers W. Steven Barnett, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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The Wish List Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University |
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Questions and Discussion |
4:45-5:00 PM |
Closing Remarks and Adjournment |
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Barbara L. Wolfe |
Thursday, March 5, 2009
8:30-8:40 AM |
Welcoming Remarks |
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Barbara L. Wolfe |
8:40-10:00 AM |
Panel 4: Assessing Long-Term Outcomes Moderator: Jane Waldfogel |
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Approaches to Projecting Long-Term Outcomes Katherine A. Magnuson, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Leveraging Administrative Data Janet Currie, Columbia University |
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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 |
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Shadow Prices Needed for CBAs of Early Childhood Interventions David L. Weimer |
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Valuation of Outcomes in Environmental Economics Myrick Freeman, Bowdoin College |
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Valuation of Outcomes in Criminal Justice Philip J. Cook, Duke University |
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Valuation of Outcomes in Health Economics Donald S. Kenkel, Cornell University |
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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 |
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The Potential Role of Meta-Analysis Mark W. Lipsey, Vanderbilt University |
Design and Analysis Considerations Howard S. Bloom, MDRC |
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Questions and Discussion |
2:10-3:30 PM |
Panel 7: Policy Decision-Making Roundtable Moderator: Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution |
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Roundtable Panel Members |
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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 |
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Summary Comments: Robert H. Haveman, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Discussion |
4:30-5:00 PM |
Final Participant Comments and Closing Remarks |
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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
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
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
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