a r t i c l e i n f o Given the resources expended in promoting social work education and specialized training in child welfare as a means to increase the knowledge and competency of public child welfare (PCW) workers, research in this area is important to evaluate the outcomes of such efforts. The current study adds to the literature in this area by examining the performance of newly-hired PCW...

This paper uses the framework of an OLG economy for an analysis of the dynamic interaction between the precision of information about individual skills, investment in education, human capital accumulation and social welfare. The human capital of an individual depends on both his (subjectively) random ability and his investment in education. Individual investment in education is financed through...

in this study, the social welfare impacts of the interaction of iranian rice import policies and thai export policies are analyzed using a game theoretic approach in conjunction with econometric supply and demand models. the joint impacts of increasing the world price of rice, resulting from the export policies in thailand along with changes in tariff rates in iran, on social welfare are analyz...

in 1930s, the idea of providing general welfare and welfare state appeared in industrial countries due to the belief in the ability of left forces in solving misfortunes that people entangled in; because of financial crisis in industrialized societies, expanded poverty, starvation and epidemic diseases which led millions of people to the hopelessness. welfare states achieved outstanding success...

The professional education of child welfare workers is an important factor in the eflectiveness of the public child welfare programs. For this reason, information on the educational background of social work employees in these programs was included in the joint study made by the Children’s Bureau and the Bureau of Public Assistance in mid-1950; the information is summarized in the following pag...

Suicide is a major public health issue. In Japan, local governments are responsible for suicide prevention, and local government officers are therefore expected to act as gatekeepers for suicide prevention. In this study, through a questionnaire survey, the authors examined the current knowledge and attitudes concerning suicide prevention among local government officers and healthcare and welfa...

President Evan R. Collins at his Monday afternoon conference with students announced reasons for the deferment of accreditation for the School of Social Welfare on 221 Ontario Street. He explained that the Council for Social Work on Education announced that there will be a deferment of accreditation for the School of Social Welfare. The relative short existence of the „ school was cited as the ...