| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 246 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| 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. |
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Poverty, Intergenerational Mobility, and Young Adult Educational AttainmentContributors; Index; Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Children -- Government policy. |
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Australia. |
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Children. |
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Children -- Government policy -- United States.
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Added Author |
Kalil, Ariel.
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Haskins, Ron.
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Chesters, Jenny.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Investing in children. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012 9780815722021 (DLC) 2012006594 (OCoLC)772110791 |
| ISBN |
9780815722038 (electronic book) |
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0815722036 (electronic book) |
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0815722028 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9780815722021 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9780815722021 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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