Credits： 3	Teacher：Wang, Yun-Tung
Class hours：Monday 6∼8 class 2:20pm∼5:20pm	E-mail: ytwang@ntu.edu.tw
Classroom：R112	Telephone number：23630231#3561 (office：406)

Course Goal:
Strengthen the students' ability to analyze social policy in cost-benefit view of economics.

Proceeding way：
(1) Lecture and discussion, encourage students to propose personal opinion.
(2) Require students to present the theme and outline of their research papers in the class, and discussion with classmates.

Class schedule：
Week 1（2/21）：Introduction
Gramlich, Ch.1; Boardman, Ch.1.

Week 2（2/28）：Peace Festival（Holiday）

Week 3（3/ 7）：Social policy and budget
Yun-Jay Li，1999；Shi-Shin Huang，2000。

Week 4（3/14）：The economics principle of why and how government intervene the market
Gramlich, Ch.2-5; Boardman, Ch.2-3.

Week 5（3/21）：The discount rate and Uncertainty of cost and benefit
（Assignment 1：the outline of final report）
Gramlich, Ch.6; Boardman, Ch.4-6.

Week 6（3/28）：The illustration of Cost-benefit Analysis（1）
Weisbrod, 1981；Kemper et al., 1981.

Week 7（4/4）：Holiday（6/20 remedial）

Week 8（4/11）：The illustration of cost-benefit analysis（2）
Yun-Tung Wang、Yi-Chun Lin，2004；Chi-Chun Ting，1992。

Week 9（4/18）：Midterm Presentation（1）

Week 10（4/25）：Assignment 2: the analyze structure of final report & Midterm Presentation（2）

Week 11（5/2）：The cost-benefit analysis of pension
Li-Fang Chou，2000a，2000b；Huang et al., 2002.

Week 12（5/9）：The quantification and price of cost and benefit
Boardman, Ch.7-11；Ping-I Tsou，1999，2000.

Week 13（5/16）：The measurement of Cost & Benefit 1: Literature Review
Warner & Luce, 1982；Huang, 1996.

Week 14（5/23）：The measurement of Cost & Benefit 2: Regression
Boardman, Ch.9；Honig & Filer, 1993.

Week 15（5/30）：The measurement of Cost & Benefit 3: Micro-simulation
Citro & Hanusheck, 1991; Garfinkel, 1982, Ch. 6；Waldfogel et al.,1997.

Week 16（6/6）： Cost-effectiveness Analysis & Cost-utility Analysis
Warner & Luce, 1982；Shiau-Chi Wu et al.，2001。

Week 17（6/13）：Final Presentation（1）

Week 18（6月20日）：Final Presentation（2）& Final report

Textbook：
1. Boardman, A. et al. (1996). Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

2. Gramlich, E. M.(1990). A Guide to Benefit-cost Analysis, 2nd ed., NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

References：
1. Ting, C.C. (1992). The Social Cost- Benefit Analysis for Subsidizing National Residential: An Example of Taipei City National Residence. National Taiwan University the Institute of Architecture and District Master Thesis.

2. Wang, Y.T. & Lin, Y.C.（2004）."Cost- Benefit Analysis of Supportive Employment Program for People with Disabilities" ---An Example of Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation Supportive Employment Program in 2001 for People with Disfigurement". SooChow Journal of Social Work, 10，119-147.

3. Li, Y.J. (1999). Congress and Budget. Taipei：Shong-Ding.

4. Wu, S.C. et al.（2001）. Cost- Effectiveness Analysis for Leaving Hospital Preparation Services. Hospital，34 (2)，45-52.

5. Chou, L.F.（2000a）. The Choice of National Pension Financial Institution. Journal of Humane and Social Sciences，12 (2)，197-235.

6. Chou, L.F.（2000b）.Cost- Benefit Analysis of National Pension. Community Development Quarterly，91，119-127.

7. Huang, S.S. (2000). Demographic Politics and National Budget. Taipei：Yeh-Chang.

8. Tsou, P.I. (1999). The Model Construction of Medical Social Work Performance Evaluation. Tai-Chung：Tung-Hai University Social Work Dissertation.

9. Tsou, P.I. (2000). Cost- Benefit Analysis of Medical Social Work Performance，Journal of Chinese Medical Social Work，8.

10. Citro, C. & Hanusheck, E. (ed.)(1991). Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions: The Use of Micro-simulation Modeling, Vol. I: Review and Recommendations. National Research Council, Nation Academy Press, Washington D.C.

11. David Weimer & Aidan R. Vining. (1999). Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 3rd ed., NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

12. Garfinkel, I. (ed.)(1982). Income Tested Transfers: The Case For and Against, Academic Press.

13. Honig, M. & Filer, R.K.(1993). Causes of Intercity Variation in Homelessness. The American Economic Review, 83(1), 248-255.

14. Huang, C.C. (1996). "Job training program for single, able-bodied adult homeless in New York City". Unpublished manuscript.

15. Huang, C.C., Han, W.J., & Chen, J.R. (2002). The Cost and Effectiveness of the Elder Allowance in Taiwan. Journal of Social Policy and Social Work, 7(1), 1-33.

16. Kemper et al. (1981). "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Supported Work Experiment" in The National Supported Work Demonstration edited by Robinson Hollister, Peter Kemper, and Rebecca Maynard, the University of Wisconsin Press,1984.

17. Waldfogel, J.,Villeneuve, P. & Garfinkel, I. (1997). The Impact of Welfare Reform for Families with Children in New York. Presented at the APPAM Conference, Washington, DC, Nov. 8 1997.

18. Warner, K.E. & Luce, B.R. (1982). Cost-benefit and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care, MI: Health Administration Press.

19. Weisbrod, B.A.(1981). "Benefit-cost analysis of a controlled experiment: treating the mentally ill", Journal of Human Resources, Vol.16, 4, pp.523-548.

Grading：
1. Participation 10%
2. Assignments 30%
3. Presentation 20%
4. Final report 40%