Benefit-Cost Analysis and Family Planning Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4120516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Haveman (corresponding author), Robert H Haveman |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1971530 |
| OpenAlex | W1989394167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Family planning programs sponsored by the public sector exist in both developed and developing nations, though for somewhat different reasons. Effective public policy toward family planning-in either type of country-requires the application of economic analysis. This is so because such programs use resources and, in turn, produce outputs. Estimation of the relationship between the value of resources used (costs) and outputs produced (benefits) by any activity is the domain of economics. Knowledge of the level of benefits and costs is necessary if public decisions are to be efficient. For example, without such knowledge how can a country make a rational and informed decision about the volume of the nation's resources that should be devoted to family planning programs? Without analysis of the benefits and costs of various kinds of programs, how can the optimal constellation of family planning programs be devised? Or how can it be determined if family planning technology X should be expanded, contracted, or eliminated? This paper seeks to provide an introduction to the problems that are likely to be encountered in answering such questions of efficient policy planning. The first section of the paper will present a brief discussion of benefitcost analysis, emphasizing some of the fundamental concepts involved in such analysis. This will be followed by a description of two case studies, both of which apply benefit-cost analysis to a human resources program. One of these programs is a manpower training program; the other is a compensatory education program at the secondary level. These cases illustrate
Business · Cost analysis · Economics · Operations management · Operations research · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 1998 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |