The study, by the University of Loughborough, outlines how much it could cost to implement Lord Laming's 58 proposals to improve child protection.
It warns that recommendation 19, which states that all children referred to social care teams should be given an initial assessment, is too costly to put into practice.
The LGA is calling on government to scrap the proposal, or come up with the extra £116m cash to fund 2,000 additional social workers to carry out the work.
They argue that social workers should be given the power to decide whether or not such an in depth assessment is actually necessary.
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