03295nam 2200745 a 450 991077917000332120230126202939.01-280-48744-597866135826760-8157-2203-6(CKB)2550000000101176(EBL)950988(OCoLC)876507431(SSID)ssj0000656713(PQKBManifestationID)11408833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000656713(PQKBWorkID)10634360(PQKB)10015069(MiAaPQ)EBC950988(OCoLC)794620711(MdBmJHUP)muse35066(Au-PeEL)EBL950988(CaPaEBR)ebr10558483(CaONFJC)MIL358267(EXLCZ)99255000000010117620120301d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrInvesting in children[electronic resource] work, education, and social policy in two rich countries /Ariel Kalil, Ron Haskins, and Jenny Chesters, editorsWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20121 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2202-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AdulthoodPoverty, Intergenerational Mobility, and Young Adult Educational AttainmentContributors; Index; Back Cover"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.ChildrenGovernment policyAustraliaChildrenGovernment policyUnited StatesChildrenAustraliaEconomic conditionsChildrenUnited StatesEconomic conditionsChild developmentAustraliaChild developmentUnited StatesAustraliaSocial policyUnited StatesSocial policyChildrenGovernment policyChildrenGovernment policyChildrenEconomic conditions.ChildrenEconomic conditions.Child developmentChild development305.230973Kalil Ariel1486827Haskins Ron1502254Chesters Jenny1559337MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779170003321Investing in children3824352UNINA