TY - BOOK AU - Fuchs,Victor R. TI - Individual and social responsibility: child care, education, medical care, and long-term care in America T2 - A National Bureau of Economic Research Conference report SN - 9780226267951 (electronic bk.) AV - HV91 .I463 1996eb U1 - 361.973 22 PY - 1996/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Human services KW - United States KW - Congresses KW - Child care KW - Older people KW - Long-term care KW - Education KW - Medical care KW - Responsibility KW - Niños KW - Cuidado e higiene KW - EE. UU KW - Congresos KW - Ancianos KW - Enfermedades crónicas KW - Educación KW - Atención médica KW - Responsabilidad KW - Services sociaux KW - États-Unis KW - Congrès KW - Enfants KW - Soins KW - Personnes âgées KW - Soins de longue durée KW - Éducation KW - Soins médicaux KW - Responsabilité KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Services & Welfare KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Human Services KW - ჯანმრთელობის დაცვის სამსახურები აშშ KW - განათლება აშშ KW - კონფერენციის მასალები KW - Electronic books N1 - "The papers ... presented and discussed at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference held at Stanford, California, on October 7-8, 1994"--Acknowledgments; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Individual and Social Responsibility; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction and Overview; II. Human Services: Organization, Finance, and Production; III. Human Services: Theoretical and Institutional Perspectives; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index N2 - Does government spend too little or too much on child care? How can education dollars be spent more efficiently? Should government's role in medical care increase or decrease? In this volume, social scientists, lawyers, and a physician explore the political, social, and economic forces that shape policies affecting human services. Four in-depth studies of human-service sectors?child care, education, medical care, and long-term care for the elderly?are followed by six cross-sector studies that stimulate new ways of thinking about human services through the application of economic theory, instit UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=228234 ER -