Document Type
Lecture
Publication Date
2-7-2018
Publisher
Brookings Mountain West
Abstract
This lecture tells the story of how the Obama administration changed the role of evidence in federal policy making. Based on public documents and 135 interviews with major players from the White House, the Office of Management and Budget, federal agencies, Congress, and the child advocacy community, the lecture provides insight into the tools and methods that should serve as a blueprint for policymakers on how to bring social science evidence – especially from program evaluation – to the center of policy making.
Keywords
Policy making
Disciplines
Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social Policy | Social Welfare
File Format
File Size
416 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Haskins, R.
(2018).
Obama’s Fight for Rigor and Results in Social Policy.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/127
Included in
Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Commons, Social Policy Commons, Social Welfare Commons
Comments
Ron Haskins is a Brookings Senior Fellow in Economic Studies.
This public lecture was delivered on February, 8 2017, in Greenspun Hall, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
Downloadable files associated with this event are:
"Obama’s Fight for Rigor and Results in Social Policy" video; mp4 format; 55 minutes, 8 seconds; 53.1 MB file size.
"Show Me the Evidence: Why Can't We Solve Social Problems?" Powerpoint presentation