Succeeding generations : on the effects of investments in children /

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If America's future depends on how well we take care of our children, then current trends point toward a bleak horizon. Teenage suicide and pregnancy rates climbed over the past two decades, while the average SAT score, despite recent improvement, remains at an abysmally low level. Succeeding G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Haveman, Robert H. (Autor), Wolfe, Barbara L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1995.
Temas:
Children > United States.
Youth > United States.
Families > United States.
Parental influences > United States.
Success > United States.
Enfants > États-Unis.
Jeunesse > États-Unis.
Familles > États-Unis.
Parents > Influence > États-Unis.
Succès > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Children
Families
Parental influences
Success
Youth
Jongeren.
Gezin.
Gezinsopvoeding.
Succes.
Loopbaan.
Welvaartseconomie.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Deteriorating Status of America's Children: Facts and Implications
  • 2. Toward Understanding the Determinants of Children's Success
  • 3. A Tour of Research Studies
  • 4. Investments in Children: Some Simple Relationships
  • 5. The Determinants of Educational Attainment: High School and Beyond
  • 6. The Determinants of Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Births and Welfare Recipiency
  • 7. The Determinants of Economic Inactivity
  • 8. Our Findings and Some Policy Implications
  • Appendix A. Our Data on Children and Young Adults
  • Appendix B. The Economic Structure of the Bivariate Profit Models of Chapters 5, 6, and 7.

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