Investing in Children : Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries /

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"Presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies the two nations have designed to boost human capital development"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Chesters, Jenny, Haskins, Ron, Kalil, Ariel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Children > Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Children > Government policy > United States.
Children > Government policy > Australia.
United States.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Dynamics of Early Maternal Employment in Low-Income Families; Family Joblessness and Child Well-Being in Australia; The Way Families Work: Jobs, Hours, Income, and Children's Well-Being; The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on the Quality of Care that Two-Year-Old Children Receive; Early Childhood Development and School Readiness; Economic Inequality and Children's Educational Attainment; Pathways of Social Disadvantage from Adolescence into Adulthood.
  • Poverty, Intergenerational Mobility, and Young Adult Educational AttainmentContributors; Index; Back Cover.

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