Poverty and Discrimination

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Many ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In Poverty and Discrimination, economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literatu...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Lang, Kevin
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social policy.
Public welfare.
Poverty.
Economic policy.
Discrimination.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Politique economique.
Pauvrete > États-Unis.
Discrimination > United States.
Public welfare > United States.
Poverty > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Many ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In Poverty and Discrimination, economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literature on poverty and discrimination to determine what we actually know and how we know it. Using rigorous statistical analysis and economic thinking to judge what the best research is and which theories match the evidence, this book clears the ground for students, social scientists, and policymakers wh.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (424 pages).
ISBN:9781400839193

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