Targeting Investments in Children - Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited

Zusammenfassung A substantial number of American children experience poverty, and there are numerous programs designed to alleviate or even eliminate poverty. This book tackles the problem of evaluating these programs by examining them using a common metric: their impact on earnings in adulthood.

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• Authors: Phillip B. (EDT)/ Zimmerman Levine, Phillip B. (Wellesley College) Zimmerman Levine, Phillip B. Zimmerman Levine, LEVINE PHILLIP B ZIMMERMAN DAVI
• Assisted by: Phillip B. Levine (Editor), Phillip B. (Wellesley College) Levine (Editor), Levine Phillip B. (Editor), David J. Zimmerman (Editor), Zimmerman David J. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9780226475813
• ISBN: 978-0-226-47581-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; National Bureau of Economic Re; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Poverty & unemployment, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, United States of America, USA, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Poverty and precarity, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General