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Securing the future : investing in children from birth to college / Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ford Foundation series on asset building
- The Ford Foundation series on asset building
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- Children--Government policy.
- Children.
- United States.
- Children--United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Children--Government policy--United States.
- Youth--United States--Social conditions.
- Youth.
- Youth--Government policy--United States.
- Youth--Government policy.
- Children--Social conditions.
- Youth--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 330 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Pediatric, psychological, social, and economic factors are examined in light of helping children, especially children from disadvantaged backgrounds, become well-adjusted productive members of society.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Melvin L. Oliver.
- Investing in children : what do we know? Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel.
- PART I. BACKGROUND
- Trends in and consequences of investments in children / Lisa M. Lynch.
- Rethinking education and training policy : understanding the sources of skill formation in a modern economy / James J. Heckman and Lance Lochner.
- PART II. EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Pathways to early child health and development / Barry Zuckerman and Robert Kahn.
- Early childhood experiences and developmental competence / Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey
- PART III. SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
- Schooling's influences on motivation and achievement / Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Allan Wigfield
- Promoting positive outcomes for youth : resourceful families and communities / Margaret Beale Spencer and Dena Phillips Swanson
- Neighborhood context of investing in children : facilitating mechanism and undermining risks / Robert J. Sampson
- PART IV. TRANSITIONS FROM SCHOOL TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD
- Transition from school to work : is there a crisis? what can be done? / Debra Donahoe and Marta Tienda
- New directions in job training strategies for the disadvantaged / Hillard Pouncy
- Who is getting a college education? family background and the growing gaps in enrollment / David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Securing the future
- ISBN:
- 9781610441506
- 1610441508
- OCLC:
- 906809503
- Publisher Number:
- 10.7758/9781610441506
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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