| Description |
1 online resource (x, 397 pages) : illustrations |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman -- Issues in implementation / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman -- Early childhood interventions -- Child development / Greg J. Duncan, Jens Ludwig and Katherine A. Magnuson -- Child care / Patricia M. Anderson -- Child health / Lara Shore-Sheppard -- Middle childhood interventions -- After-school care / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman -- Education reforms / Susanna Loeb and Patrick J. McEwan -- Adolescent interventions -- Preventing drug use / Beau Kilmer and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula -- Teen pregnancy prevention / Melissa Schettini Kearney -- Dropout prevention and college prep / Bridget Terry Long -- College aid / David Deming and Susan Dynarski -- Neighborhood and community initiatives / Julia Burdick-Will and Jens Ludwig -- Vocational training / Robert LaLonde and Daniel Sullivan -- Epilogue -- Synthesizing the results / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman -- Conclusions / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman |
| Summary |
"A substantial number of American children experience poverty: about 17 percent of those under the age of eighteen meet the government's definition, and the proportion is even greater within minority groups. Childhood poverty can have lifelong effects, resulting in poor educational, labor market, and physical and mental health outcomes for adults. These problems have long been recognized, and there are numerous programs designed to alleviate or even eliminate poverty; as these programs compete for scarce resources, it is important to develop a clear view of their impact as tools for poverty alleviation. Targeting Investments in Children tackles the problem of evaluating these programs by examining them using a common metric: their impact on earnings in adulthood. The volume's contributors explore a variety of issues, such as the effect of interventions targeted at children of different ages, and study a range of programs, including child care, after-school care, and drug prevention. The results will be invaluable to educational leaders and researchers as well as policy makers"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poor children -- Services for -- United States -- Evaluation
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Child welfare -- Government policy -- United States -- Evaluation
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Federal aid to child welfare -- United States -- Evaluation
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- Evaluation
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- Evaluation
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Federal aid to child welfare -- Evaluation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Levine, Phillip B.
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Zimmerman, David J. (David John)
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| LC no. |
2009054453 |
| ISBN |
9780226475837 |
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0226475832 |
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