Contents
Contributors
Foreword - Melvin L. Oliver
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Investing in Children: What Do We Know? What Should We Do? - Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel
Part I. Background
Chapter 1. Trends in and Consequences of Investments in Children - Lisa M. Lynch
Chapter 2. Rethinking Education and Training Policy: Understanding the Sources of Skill Formation in a Modern Economy: James J. Heckman and Lance Lochner
Part II. Early Childhood
Chapter 3. Pathways to Early Child Health and Development - Barry Zuckerman and Robert Kahn
Chapter 4. Early Childhood Experiences and Developmental Competence - Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey
Part III. School-Age Children
Chapter 5. Schooling's Influences on Motivation and Achievement - Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Allan Wigfield
Chapter 6. Promoting Positive Outcomes for Youth: Resourceful Families and Communities - Margaret Beale Spencer and Dena Phillips Swanson
Chapter 7. The Neighborhood Context of Investing in Children: Facilitating Mechanisms and Undermining Risks - Robert J. Sampson
Part IV. Transitions from School to Young Adulthood
Chapter 8. The Transition from School to Work: Is There a Crisis? What Can Be Done? - Debra Donahoe and Marta Tienda
Chapter 9. New Directions in Job Training Strategies for the Disadvantaged - Hillard Pouncy
Chapter 10. Who Is Getting a College Education? Family Background and the Growing Gaps in Enrollment - David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane
Index