Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

ISBN 10: 0226475816 / ISBN 13: 9780226475813

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2010

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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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Phillip B. Levine is the Class of 1919 Professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Wellesley College and a research associate of the NBER.David J. Zimmerman is professor of economics and the Orrin Sage Professor of Political Economy at Williams College and a research associate of the NBER.

Phillip B. Levine is the Class of 1919 Professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Wellesley College and a research associate of the NBER. David J. Zimmerman is professor of economics and the Orrin Sage Professor of Political Economy at Williams College and a research associate of the NBER.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting ...
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good