Investing in children : work, education, and social policy in two rich countries / Ariel Kalil, Ron Haskins, and Jenny Chesters, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kalil, Ariel.

Haskins, Ron.

Chesters, Jenny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Government policy--Australia.

Children.

Children--Government policy--United States.

Children--Australia--Economic conditions.

Children--United States--Economic conditions.

Child development--Australia.

Child development.

Child development--United States.

Australia--Social policy.

Australia.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613582676

9781280487446

1280487445

9780815722038

0815722036

OCLC:

876507431