Securing the Future

by Danziger, Sheldon; Waldfogel, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780871548993
• ISBN10: 0871548992
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Foreword	xi
Melvin L. Oliver
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction Investing in Children: What do we Know? What Should We Do?	1	(18)
Sheldon Danziger
Jane Waldfogel
PART I BACKGROUND
Trends in and Consequences of Investments in Children	19	(28)
Lisa M. Lynch
Rethinking Education and Training Policy: Understanding the Sources of Skill Formation in a Modern Economy	47	(40)
James J. Heckman
Lance Lochner
PART II EARLY CHILDHOOD
Pathways to Early Child Health and Development	87	(35)
Barry Zuckerman
Robert Kahn
Early Childhood Experiences and Developmental Competence	122	(31)
Sharon Landesman Ramey
Craig T. Ramey
PART III SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
Schooling's Influences on Motivation and Achievement	153	(29)
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Allan Wigfield
Promoting Positive Outcomes for Youth: Resourceful Families and Communities	182	(23)
Margaret Beale Spencer
Dena Phillips Swanson
The Neighborhood Context of Investing in Children: Facilitating Mechanisms and Undermining Risks	205	(26)
Robert J. Sampson
PART IV TRANSITIONS FROM SCHOOL TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD
The Transition From School to Work: Is There a Crisis? What Can be Done?	231	(33)
Debra Donahoe
Marta Tienda
New Directions in Job Training Strategies for the Disadvantaged	264	(19)
Hillard Pouncy
Who is Getting a College Education? Family Background and the Growing Gaps in Enrollment	283	(42)
David T. Ellwood
Thomas J. Kane
Index	325