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Lim, Patrick; Gemici, Sinan; Rice, John; Karmel, Tom – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to compare the performance of area-based vs individual-level measures of socioeconomic status (SES). Design/methodology/approach: Using data from the longitudinal surveys of Australian youth (LSAY), a multidimensional measure of individual SES is created. This individual measure is used to benchmark the relative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Disadvantaged, Family Financial Resources
Piliavin, Irving; And Others – 1979
The quality of effort among public assistance personnel has been criticized virtually since the inception of welfare programs for the poor. However, until recently, empirical information on the performance of these workers has been nonexistent. The present study, concerned with Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) case decision errors,…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Decision Making, Error Patterns, Federal Aid