Investing in children : work, education, and social policy in two rich countries

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

"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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kalil, Ariel, Haskins, Ron, Chesters, Jenny
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Children > Government policy > Australia.
Children > Government policy > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Children > Government policy
Australia
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of 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.

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