Targeting investments in children
Subtitle: fighting poverty when resources are limited
By: edited by Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman.
Contributors: Levine, Phillip B.; Zimmerman, David J.
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780226475813
Subjects: Poor children -- Services for -- United States -- Evaluation; Child welfare -- Government policy -- United States -- Evaluation; Federal aid to child welfare -- United States -- Evaluation; Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- Evaluation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman; title: Issues in implementation / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman; title: Early childhood interventions; title: Child development / Greg J. Duncan, Jens Ludwig and Katherine A. Magnuson; title: Child care / Patricia M. Anderson; title: Child health / Lara Shore-Sheppard; title: Middle childhood interventions; title: After school care / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman; title: Educational reforms / Susanna Loeb and Patrick J. McEwan; title: Adolescent interventions; title: Drug prevention / Beau Kilmer and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula; title: Teen pregnancy prevention / Melissa Schettini Kearney; title: Dropout prevention and college prep / Bridget Terry Long; title: College aid / David Deming and Susan Dynarski; title: Neighborhood and community initiatives / Julia Burdick-Will and Jens Ludwig; title: Vocational training / Robert Lalonde and Daniel Sullivan; title: Epilogue; title: Synthesizing the results / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman; title: Conclusions / Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman.