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Consequences of Growing Up Poor - Hardcover

 
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Synopsis

Developmental psychologists, economists, and sociologists address specific questions about how low income puts children at risk intellectually, emotionally, and physically. They conclude that low income creates disadvantages selectively and in a wide variety of ways, and recommend that child welfare policies target specific areas and conditions of poor children's lives more sharply. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

GREG J. DUNCAN is professor of education and social policy and a faculty associate in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.

CONTRIBUTORS: Terry Adams, William Axinn, Bernard Boulerice, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Karen P. Carver, Katherine Jewsbury Conger, Rand D. Conger, Mary Corcoran, Randal D. Day, Greg J. Duncan, Glen H. Elder, Jr., Thomas L. Hanson, Robert M. Hauser, Robert Haveman, Donald J. Hernandez, Pamela K. Klebanov, Sanders Korenman, Ellen L. Lipman, Nancy Maritato, Susan E. Mayer, Sara S. McLanahan, Jane E. Miller, Natalie C. Mullis, The National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), David R. Offord, Linda Pagani, Kathleen M. Paasch, H. Elizabeth Peters, Judith R. Smith, Megan M. Sweeney, Jay D. Teachman, Elizabeth Thomson, Arland Thornton, Richard E. Tremblay, Kathryn Wilson, and Barbara Wolfe.

Synopsis

Developmental psychologists, economists, and sociologists address specific questions about how low income puts children at risk intellectually, emotionally, and physically. They conclude that low income creates disadvantages selectively and in a wide variety of ways, and recommend that child welfare policies target specific areas and conditions of

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