What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances - Couverture rigide

Mayer, Susan E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674587332 ISBN 13 : 9780674587335

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Children from poor families generally do a lot worse than children from affluent families. They are more likely to develop behavioural problems, to score lower on standard tests, and to become adults in need of public assistance. This book asks whether income directly affects children's life chances, or if the factors that cause parents to have a low income also impede their children's life chances. The question of causation is explored, comparing the value of income from different sources, to determine if the value of a dollar from welfare is as high as the value of a dollar from wages. Parents' income after an event, such as teenage childbearing, is also investigated in order to establish whether it can predict that event, if so this suggests that income is a proxy for unmeasured characteristics that affect both income and the event. The author also compares children living in states that pay high welfare benefits to those with low benefits.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In an ingenious exploration of why children from poor families generally do worse than children from affluent families, Susan Mayer examines whether income directly affects children's life chances, or if the factors that cause parents to have low incomes also impede their children's life chances.

Biographie de l'auteur

Susan E. Mayer is Associate Professor, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674587332
• ISBN 13: 9780674587335
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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