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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging
Release : 1986
Genre : Families
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Book Synopsis Investing in America's Families by : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging
Download or read book Investing in America's Families written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl E. Van Horn
Release : 2018
Genre : Human capital
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Book Rating : 184/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Investing in America's Workforce by : Carl E. Van Horn
Download or read book Investing in America's Workforce written by Carl E. Van Horn. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Haveman
Release : 1994-06-09
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 784/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Succeeding Generations by : Robert Haveman
Download or read book Succeeding Generations written by Robert Haveman. This book was released on 1994-06-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from an extensive two-decade longitudinal survey of American families, Succeeding Generations traces a representative group of America's children from their early years through young adulthood. It evaluates the many background factors that are most influential in determining how much education children will obtain, whether or not they will become teen parents, and how economically active they will be when they reach their twenties. Succeeding Generations demonstrates how our children's future has been placed at risk by social and economic conditions such as fractured families, a troubled economy, rising poverty rates, and neighborhood erosion. The authors also pinpoint some significant causes of children's later success, emphasizing the importance of parents' education and, despite the apparent loss of time spent with children, the generally positive influence of maternal employment. Haveman and Wolfe supplement their research with a comprehensive review of the many debates among economists, sociologists, developmental psychologists, and other experts on how best to improve the lot of America's children. "A state-of-the-art investigation of the determinants of children's success in the United States....Clearly written, highly readable, and compelling."—Contemporary Sociology "Haveman and Wolfe are professors of economics who bring sophisticated statistical and econometric techniques to the analysis of the economic and educational success of children as they progress into young adulthood."—Choice "This study is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, in part because the researchers collected detailed information about a wide range of children each year for more than two decades." —Wisconsin State Journal "The research at the core of this book addresses critically important questions in social science...an important contribution to the literature." —Robert Plotnick, University of Washington
Author : Jonathan Morduch
Release : 2017-04-04
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 986/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Financial Diaries by : Jonathan Morduch
Download or read book The Financial Diaries written by Jonathan Morduch. This book was released on 2017-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the groundbreaking U.S. Financial Diaries project (http://www.usfinancialdiaries.org/), which follows the lives of 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigate through a year, the authors challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save-- and they identify the true causes of distress and inequality for many working Americans.
Author : Ariel Kalil
Release : 2004-07-22
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 241/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Family Investments in Children's Potential by : Ariel Kalil
Download or read book Family Investments in Children's Potential written by Ariel Kalil. This book was released on 2004-07-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume bring together a cross-disciplinary mix of researchers--developmental psychologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, anthropologists, and sociologists--working on the common theme of investments in children. The interdisciplinary conceptual framework adopted by this collection of papers is loosely built around the idea that there are two broad dimensions of parental investments. These include resources (e.g., income, wealth) on the one hand, and behaviors (e.g., parental instrumental support and parental activities that promote warmth, socialization, and cognitive stimulation) on the other. Believing that parental investments yield a "return" in improved child and young adult outcomes, the papers discuss how parents differ in terms of the resources they have available to invest, the choices parents make, the behaviors they engage in, and relevant policy and program interventions. More specifically, core questions addressed by the authors include: Why do some families invest while others do not and are differential investment patterns related to biology, economics, or social factors? What constitutes a successful "investment portfolio?" How are "investments" measured and/or characterized? Are different investments interchangeable, compensating, or off-setting? Given a set of resources, why are some families able to make more effective investments in child outcomes? How well do these investments affect outcomes for children and for these children as young adults? Can interventions or public policies help families build assets or become "better" investors in their children's potential? Developing a better understanding of what investments matter, when they matter, and how resources can be successfully invested in children's potential is key to shaping efficient interventions and social policies. Knowledge of how parents invest and what strategies are effective may help policies which seek to further empower and enable parental involvement and choice for their children.
