| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 566 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Russell Sage Foundation Ser.
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Russell Sage Foundation Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-552) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Evolution of poverty and antipoverty policy / Sheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. Haveman -- Level, trend, and composition of poverty / Gary Burtless, Timothy M. Smeeding -- Changes in family structure: implications for poverty and related policy / Maria Cancian, Deborah Reed -- Rising tide lifts ...? / Richard B. Freeman -- Mobility, persistence, and the consequences of poverty for children: child and adult outcomes / Mary Corcoran -- U.S. poverty in a cross-national context / Timothy M. Smeeding, Lee Rainwater, Gary Burtless -- Evolution of income support policy in recent decades / John Karl Scholz, Kara Levine -- Welfare policy in transition: redefining the social contract for poor citizen families with children and for immigrants / Ladonna A. Pavetti -- Health policies for the non-elderly poor / John Mullahy, Barbara L. Wolfe -- Investing in the future: reducing poverty through human capital investments / Lynn A. Karoly -- Housing discrimination and residential segregation as causes of poverty / John Yinger -- Memberships theory of poverty: the role of group affiliations in determining socioeconomic outcomes / Steven N. Durlauf -- Community revitalization, jobs and the well-being of the inner-city poor / Ronald F. Ferguson -- Politics, race, and poverty research / Glenn C. Loury -- Poverty research and antipoverty policy after the technological revolution / David R. Harris -- Research on poverty and antipoverty policies / Jane Waldfogel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poverty.
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Poverty. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Danziger, Sheldon.
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Haveman, Robert H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Understanding poverty. New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2001 0674007670 9780674007673 (DLC) 2001040818 (OCoLC)47764305 |
| ISBN |
9780674030176 (electronic book) |
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0674030176 (electronic book) |
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9780674008762 |
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0674008766 |
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0674007670 |
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