ISBN:
9780815722021
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 246 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Investing in Children : Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries
DDC:
305.230973
Keywords:
Child development
;
Children Government policy
;
Child development
;
Children Government policy
;
Children Economic conditions
;
Children Economic conditions
;
Children - Australia - Economic conditions
;
Children - Australia - Economic conditions
;
Electronic books
;
Australia Social policy
;
United States Social policy
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
"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
Description / 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Poverty, Intergenerational Mobility, and Young Adult Educational AttainmentContributors; Index; Back Cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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