Securing the future : investing in children from birth to college / Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel, editors.

Other author Danziger, Sheldon.
Other author Waldfogel, Jane.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2000.
Descriptionxv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesFord Foundation series on asset building
Ford Foundation series on asset building. ^A493924
Contents Foreword / Melvin L. Oliver. -- Investing in children : what do we know? Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel. -- Trends in and consequences of investments in children / Lisa M. Lynch. -- Rethinking education and training policy : understanding the sources of skill formation in a modern economy / James J. Heckman and Lance Lochner. -- Pathways to early child health and development / Barry Zuckerman and Robert Kahn. -- Early childhood experiences and developmental competence / Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey. -- Schooling's influences on motivation and achievement / Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Allan Wigfield. -- Promoting positive outcomes for youth : resourceful families and communities / Margaret Beale Spencer and Dena Phillips Swanson. -- The neighborhood context of investing in children : facilitating mechanism and undermining risks / Robert J. Sampson. -- the transition from school to work : is there a crisis? what can be done? / Debra Donahoe and Marta Tienda. -- New directions in job training strategies for the disadvantaged / Hillard Pouncy. -- Who is getting a college education? family background and the growing gaps in enrollment / David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane.
Local noteLittle-330274--305131039247
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00028004
ISBN0871548992