One percent for the kids [[electronic resource] ] : new policies, brighter futures for America's children / / Isabel V. Sawhill, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 362.71/0973
• Soggetto topico: Child welfare - United States; Children - Services for - United States; Children - United States - Social conditions
• Altri autori: SawhillIsabel V
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Promoting the healthy development of young children / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson -- When work alone is not enough / Robert Haveman -- Preventing early childbearing / Andrea Kane and Isabel V. Sawhill -- Strengthening fragile families / Irwin Garfinkel and Sara McLanahan -- Family policy and academic achievement / David J. Armor -- Providing universal preschool for four-year-olds / Barbara Wolfe and Scott Scrivner -- Improving neighborhoods for poor children / Jens Ludwig -- The Blair government and child poverty : an extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom / John Hills.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume argues that the life prospects of children can be improved substantially by reallocating one per cent of the gross domestic product to children's programmes. Each chapter contains a specific proposal for change, as well as information about the rationale and cost of the initiative.
• Titolo autorizzato: One percent for the kids
• ISBN: 0-8157-7743-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780494503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II