Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited - Couverture rigide

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9780226475813: Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited
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ISBN 10 : 0226475816 ISBN 13 : 9780226475813
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

A substantial number of American children experience poverty: about 17 percent of those under the age of eighteen meet the government's definition, and the proportion is even greater within minority groups. Childhood poverty can have lifelong effects, resulting in poor educational, labor market, and physical and mental health outcomes for adults. These problems have long been recognized, and there are numerous programs designed to alleviate or even eliminate poverty; as these programs compete for scarce resources, it is important to develop a clear view of their impact as tools for poverty alleviation.

Targeting Investments in Children tackles the problem of evaluating these programs by examining them using a common metric: their impact on earnings in adulthood. The volume's contributors explore a variety of issues, such as the effect of interventions targeted at children of different ages, and study a range of programs, including child care, after-school care, and drug prevention. The results will be invaluable to educational leaders and researchers as well as policy makers.

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À propos des auteurs

Phillip B. Levine is the Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of five books devoted to statistics, the analysis of social policy, and its effect on individual behavior.

David J. Zimmerman is professor of economics and the Orrin Sage Professor of Political Economy at Williams College and a research associate of the NBER.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226475816
ISBN 13 
9780226475813
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
408
Éditeur
Levine Phillip B., Zimmerman David J.
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