Monday, 5 March 2018

Guest Lecture - Professor David Greenberg - Friday 9th March 2018, 10am Geoffrey Manton 330



The link between cost-benefit analysis and impact
10:00 a.m. on Friday 9 March 2018 – Geoffrey Manton 330
Prof Greenberg is a labour economist who received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining UMBC he has worked for the RAND corporation, SRI International and the USA Department of Health and Social Services.

Much of his research focuses on the evaluation of government programmes that are targeted at the low-income population, especially public assistance, employment and training programmes.

In this lecture, Professor Greenberg will discuss the eight or so steps needed to do a CBA. These steps are discussed in the first chapter of his textbook. Each step will be illustrated with dissuasion of an actual CBA.
 

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