Douglas J Besharov
Biographic Data
| ID | 701892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas J Besharov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Besharov |
| SIGNATURE | BESHAROV D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Enterprise Institute |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-4892-9518 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy: A Life-Course Perspective
The Oxford International Handbook of Family Policy has two main aims: to identify key developments globally in regard to the forms and modalities of relevant policies, and to take a critical look at the developments regarding those policies. The overall goal is to uncover the extent to which concerns about the family and the role and practices of parents are mobilizing public policy and related agency in different parts of the world. The Handbook…
Adjusting to a world in motion: Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy
Reconceiving SNAP: Is Nutritional Assistance Really Income Support
Since its creation, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has changed from an antihunger program to an income-supplementation program. Because the program (and its predecessor Food Stamp Program) was not designed for this purpose, the result is a program that has many unintended and, many believe, negative effects. The key challenge is to modernize a massive income support program that started as a small food assistance program. Th…
The Decline of the Middle Classes Around the World
Collaboration Among Government, Market, and Society: Forging Partnerships and Encouraging Competition
International Conference News: Trends in Migration and Migration Policy
International Conference News: Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective
International Conference News: Labor Activation in a Time of High Unemployment: Lessons From Abroad
Counting the poor: New thinking about European poverty measures and lessons for the United States
Improving the Quality of Public Services: A Multinational Conference on Public Management
A survey of the APPAM International conference on the area of Public Management
Spurring Job Creation in Response to Severe Recessions: Reconsidering Hiring Credits
The continuing adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. In periods when labor demand and supply are in balance, either hiring credits or worker subsidies can be used to boost employment - hiring credits by reducing labor costs for employers, and worker subsidies by raising the economic returns to work. Historically, both types of policies have been used in pursuit of dis…
Welfare states amid economic turmoil: Adjusting Work-Oriented Policy
This article analyses the socioeconomic context within which a range of active labour market policies (ALMPs) were initiated in many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the extent to which these measures had an impact on unemployment over the last several decades prior to the contraction of economic growth in 2008. Examining how the downturn of the economy has altered this context, the analysis goes …
An economic view of food deserts in the united states
Considerable policy and academic attention has been focused on the topic of food deserts. We consider this topic from an economic perspective. First, we consider how the components of a standard economic analysis apply to the study of food deserts. Second, using this economic lens, we revisit the empirical literature on food deserts to assess the progress that has been made regarding whether food deserts are problematic in the U.S. Overall, despi…
Presidential address: From the Great Society to continuous improvement government: Shifting from “does it work?” to “what would make it better?”
In the 1960s, various social programs were started (like Head Start) or dramatically expanded (like AFDC). Loosely, this period of expansion is called the Great Society. Too many Great Society social programs, unfortunately, have been disappointments—at least when compared to the high hopes of the '60s. Even if they “work,” most of us wish that they worked much better. Some people take such statements to mean that the Great Society's social progr…
European measures of income, poverty, and social exclusion: Recent developments and lessons for U.S. poverty measurement
Lessons from the 2008–2009 Recession: Response to Plotnick
Income Transfers Alone Won't Eradicate Poverty
Even in the current economic situation, in developed countries, rhetoric about cutting “poverty” is misleadingly outmoded—because it implicitly suggests that government income transfers can be the vehicle for achieving substantial reductions in poverty. Almost all Americans already live far above subsistence poverty: most because of their earnings, and the rest because of government transfer programs. This decline in material poverty is obscured …
Head start: Mend it, don't expand it (yet)
Nonpoor children in head start: Explanations and implications
According to the Head Start Act (1998), children are income‐eligible for the program if their “families' incomes are below the poverty line.” There are a number of statutory exceptions to this general rule and, according to the Head Start Bureau, the result is that about 6 percent of the children in the program are not poor. But the major national surveys of Head Start families report that 30 percent or more of Head Start children are not “poor.”…
Women and the reform of the welfare system: An introduction
Children and the reform of the welfare system: An introduction
How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect
Douglas J. Besharov, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Leroy H. Pelton, Michael W. Weber, How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect, The Future of Children, Vol. 8, No. 1, Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (Spring, 1998), pp. 120-132
Preventing youthful disconnectedness
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior
Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation
An economic view of food deserts in the united states
Considerable policy and academic attention has been focused on the topic of food deserts. We consider this topic from an economic perspective. First, we consider how the components of a standard economic analysis apply to the study of food deserts. Second, using this economic lens, we revisit the empirical literature on food deserts to assess the progress that has been made regarding whether food deserts are problematic in the U.S. Overall, despi…
Income Transfers Alone Won't Eradicate Poverty
Even in the current economic situation, in developed countries, rhetoric about cutting “poverty” is misleadingly outmoded—because it implicitly suggests that government income transfers can be the vehicle for achieving substantial reductions in poverty. Almost all Americans already live far above subsistence poverty: most because of their earnings, and the rest because of government transfer programs. This decline in material poverty is obscured …
How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect
Douglas J. Besharov, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Leroy H. Pelton, Michael W. Weber, How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect, The Future of Children, Vol. 8, No. 1, Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (Spring, 1998), pp. 120-132
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior
Looking beyond 30, 60, and 90 days
Collaboration Among Government, Market, and Society: Forging Partnerships and Encouraging Competition
Welfare states amid economic turmoil: Adjusting Work-Oriented Policy
This article analyses the socioeconomic context within which a range of active labour market policies (ALMPs) were initiated in many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the extent to which these measures had an impact on unemployment over the last several decades prior to the contraction of economic growth in 2008. Examining how the downturn of the economy has altered this context, the analysis goes …
European measures of income, poverty, and social exclusion: Recent developments and lessons for U.S. poverty measurement
Head start: Mend it, don't expand it (yet)
Child abuse reporting
Teaching About Liability
SOCIAL WORKER liability is a relativelynew phenomenon. As recently as 15 years ago, there were almost no lawsuits, especially not successful ones, against social workers. Since then, however, there has been a steady increase in suits. From 1982 to 1985, the total more than doubled, from fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000.1 Although practicing social workers in-creasingly are aware of the problem, they are not informed about the legal and prac-ti…
Spurring Job Creation in Response to Severe Recessions: Reconsidering Hiring Credits
The continuing adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. In periods when labor demand and supply are in balance, either hiring credits or worker subsidies can be used to boost employment - hiring credits by reducing labor costs for employers, and worker subsidies by raising the economic returns to work. Historically, both types of policies have been used in pursuit of dis…
Presidential address: From the Great Society to continuous improvement government: Shifting from “does it work?” to “what would make it better?”
In the 1960s, various social programs were started (like Head Start) or dramatically expanded (like AFDC). Loosely, this period of expansion is called the Great Society. Too many Great Society social programs, unfortunately, have been disappointments—at least when compared to the high hopes of the '60s. Even if they “work,” most of us wish that they worked much better. Some people take such statements to mean that the Great Society's social progr…
Preventing youthful disconnectedness
Responding to Child Sexual Abuse: The Need for a Balanced Approach
This article suggests a number of improvements in the reporting and investigation of child sexual abuse cases. The article begins with a reminder that our eagerness to protect children cannot be allowed to overcome our nation's commitment to fairness and due process. For both the alleged perpetrator and the child victim, much is at stake in these cases, and our system must strike a balance to protect the rights of both. Currently there is a probl…
Federal Child Care Assistance: A Growing Middle-Class Entitlement
As Congress debates various child care proposals, the conventional wisdom is that the federal role in child care ceased when President Nixon vetoed the Child Development Act of 1971.1 Not so. Over the last 15 years, federal child care assistance has more than doubled. By our estimates, the costs of federal child care assistance-through income tax deductions and credits, child care and early education programs, and welfare and job training program…
Improving the Quality of Public Services: A Multinational Conference on Public Management
A survey of the APPAM International conference on the area of Public Management
Lessons from the 2008–2009 Recession: Response to Plotnick
Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation
Demonstration and evaluation strategies
Teaching About Liability
SOCIAL WORKER liability is a relativelynew phenomenon. As recently as 15 years ago, there were almost no lawsuits, especially not successful ones, against social workers. Since then, however, there has been a steady increase in suits. From 1982 to 1985, the total more than doubled, from fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000.1 Although practicing social workers in-creasingly are aware of the problem, they are not informed about the legal and prac-ti…
Federal Child Care Assistance: A Growing Middle-Class Entitlement
As Congress debates various child care proposals, the conventional wisdom is that the federal role in child care ceased when President Nixon vetoed the Child Development Act of 1971.1 Not so. Over the last 15 years, federal child care assistance has more than doubled. By our estimates, the costs of federal child care assistance-through income tax deductions and credits, child care and early education programs, and welfare and job training program…
Crack and kids
Response to Deborah Daro and Rosina Becerra
Demonstration and evaluation strategies
Head start: The inside story of America's most successful educational experiment
Responding to Child Sexual Abuse: The Need for a Balanced Approach
This article suggests a number of improvements in the reporting and investigation of child sexual abuse cases. The article begins with a reminder that our eagerness to protect children cannot be allowed to overcome our nation's commitment to fairness and due process. For both the alleged perpetrator and the child victim, much is at stake in these cases, and our system must strike a balance to protect the rights of both. Currently there is a probl…
Looking beyond 30, 60, and 90 days
Child abuse reporting
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior
Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation
Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation
How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect
Douglas J. Besharov, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Leroy H. Pelton, Michael W. Weber, How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect, The Future of Children, Vol. 8, No. 1, Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (Spring, 1998), pp. 120-132
Preventing youthful disconnectedness
Women and the reform of the welfare system: An introduction
Children and the reform of the welfare system: An introduction
Head start: Mend it, don't expand it (yet)
Nonpoor children in head start: Explanations and implications
According to the Head Start Act (1998), children are income‐eligible for the program if their “families' incomes are below the poverty line.” There are a number of statutory exceptions to this general rule and, according to the Head Start Bureau, the result is that about 6 percent of the children in the program are not poor. But the major national surveys of Head Start families report that 30 percent or more of Head Start children are not “poor.”…
Presidential address: From the Great Society to continuous improvement government: Shifting from “does it work?” to “what would make it better?”
In the 1960s, various social programs were started (like Head Start) or dramatically expanded (like AFDC). Loosely, this period of expansion is called the Great Society. Too many Great Society social programs, unfortunately, have been disappointments—at least when compared to the high hopes of the '60s. Even if they “work,” most of us wish that they worked much better. Some people take such statements to mean that the Great Society's social progr…
European measures of income, poverty, and social exclusion: Recent developments and lessons for U.S. poverty measurement
Lessons from the 2008–2009 Recession: Response to Plotnick
Income Transfers Alone Won't Eradicate Poverty
Even in the current economic situation, in developed countries, rhetoric about cutting “poverty” is misleadingly outmoded—because it implicitly suggests that government income transfers can be the vehicle for achieving substantial reductions in poverty. Almost all Americans already live far above subsistence poverty: most because of their earnings, and the rest because of government transfer programs. This decline in material poverty is obscured …
An economic view of food deserts in the united states
Considerable policy and academic attention has been focused on the topic of food deserts. We consider this topic from an economic perspective. First, we consider how the components of a standard economic analysis apply to the study of food deserts. Second, using this economic lens, we revisit the empirical literature on food deserts to assess the progress that has been made regarding whether food deserts are problematic in the U.S. Overall, despi…
Spurring Job Creation in Response to Severe Recessions: Reconsidering Hiring Credits
The continuing adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. In periods when labor demand and supply are in balance, either hiring credits or worker subsidies can be used to boost employment - hiring credits by reducing labor costs for employers, and worker subsidies by raising the economic returns to work. Historically, both types of policies have been used in pursuit of dis…
Welfare states amid economic turmoil: Adjusting Work-Oriented Policy
This article analyses the socioeconomic context within which a range of active labour market policies (ALMPs) were initiated in many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the extent to which these measures had an impact on unemployment over the last several decades prior to the contraction of economic growth in 2008. Examining how the downturn of the economy has altered this context, the analysis goes …
Political science (24 works) · Economics (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (10 works) · Citation (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works)