The Marvin Center on the campus of The George Washington University
800 21st St NW
20052 Washington
United States
In light of the changing public health situation around COVID-19, the event organizers decided to cancel the SBCA 2020 Annual Conference.
Abt Global experts will share findings at the 2020 Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA). The organization is dedicated to the advancement, exchange of ideas, and research related to benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, risk-benefit analysis, applied welfare economics analysis, and damage assessments.
Abt staff will present the following:
Oral Presentations:
Tuesday, March 17
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Session 5.D. The Value of Health
Presentation: Estimated Value of Avoiding Cancer Risks by Cancer Site and Population
Matthew LaPenta, Abt Global
Tuesday, March 17
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Session 5.E Social Program Evaluations: Results and Methods
Presentation: The Importance of Covariation in Monte Carlo Analysis: An Illustration from the BOND Benefit Cost Study
Daniel Gubits, Abt Global
Tuesday, March 17
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Session 8.B Nothing is more Practical than Good Theories/Methods - II
Estimating Economic Impacts on Small Business (Regulatory Flexibility Analyses)
Lauren Masatsugu, Abt Global
Insights and Impact
BOND: Benefit Offset National Demonstration
Would national policy that pays partial disability benefits when earnings exceed the substantial gainful activity level encourage beneficiaries to work? Abt Global answered this question for the Social Security Administration (SSA) through our…
Evaluation of the Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP): Spatial Analysis.
The HIP Spatial Analysis is a follow-on study that investigates the extent to which the limited availability of HIP retailers might have suppressed qualifying purchases and therefore the impact of the incentive on consumption. This study also examines how the food retail environment more broadly defined might have influenced Hampden County SNAP participants’ fruit and vegetable purchases in general and the HIP impact estimates in particular.View report summary.
Success Boston: Evaluating Transition Coaching for College Success
A 2008 report showed only 35 percent of Boston public school graduates who had enrolled in college had completed a postsecondary credential within seven years of graduation. To improve completion rates, the Boston Foundation, the city of Boston, Boston…
Descriptive and Analytical Career Pathways Project
Over the last 30 years, adults in the United States with a high school education or less have experienced stagnating wages and relatively high unemployment, while those with postsecondary credentials enjoyed economic gains (Autor, 2015; Carnevale et al.,…
School Meal Reforms’ Impacts on Nutrition and Costs
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (NSLP/SBP) underwent widespread changes beginning in school year 2012-2013. USDA needed to know how these food, nutrition and price reforms affected school food authorities and student participation.
Analyzing If An Oncology Care Model Will Improve Care and Lower Costs
Cancer strikes 1.6 million Americans each year. It imposes huge costs: heartache, death, and an estimated $263.8 billion in medical care and lost productivity in 2010, the most recent data available. Cancer care is complex and improving it faces a legal…
The Cost of Administering the Housing Choice Voucher Program
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government’s largest low-income housing assistance program. It gives 2.1 million households subsidies to rent units in the private market. The 2,300 public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer…