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The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education
In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how—in a time of spiraling inequality�...
One in five American children now live in families with incomes below the povertyline, and their prospects are not bright. Low income is statistically...
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The Changing Economic Fortunes of American Workers and Families
New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children
During the 1990s, growing demands to end chronic welfare dependency culminated in the 1996 federal "welfare-to-work" reforms. But regardless of welfar...
Looks into the impact of income on child achievements, e.g. the negative consequences of ill health with poor families and whether more generous child...
A text designed to show how economics can guide the choices we make each day....
This volume presents the first comprehensive look at how welfare reforms enacted in 1996 are affecting caseloads, employment, earnings, and family wel...
Economic Principles for Everyday Decisions
A readable explanation of how the principles of economics influence everyday decision making....
A Comparative Study of Lone-parent Families in Germany and the United States
Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families
The 1996 welfare reform bill marked the beginning of a new era in public assistance. Although the new law has reduced welfare rolls, falling caseloads...
In Whither Opportunity?, a team of economists, sociologists, and experts in social and education policy examines the corrosive effects of unequal fami...