Description |
xxiii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
The Changing domestic priorities series |
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Changing domestic priorities series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
Contents |
Part 1 : Income as a measure of well-being -- The uses and limits of income comparisons / John L. Palmer, Timothy Smeeding, Chrisopher Jencks -- The declining significance of age in the United States : trends in the well-being of children and the elderly since 1939 / Eugene Smolensky, Sheldon Danziger, Peter Gottschalk -- Life events, public policy, and the economic vulnerability of children and the elderly / Richard V. Burkhauser, Greg J. Duncan -- Patterns of income and poverty : the economic status of children and the elderly in eight countries / Timothy Smeeding, Barbara Boyle Torrey, Martin Rein -- Part 2 : Other resources and measures of well-being -- Relative wealth holdings of children and the elderly in the United States, 1962-83 / Daphne T. Greenwood, Edward N. Wolff -- Disparities in well-being among U.S. children over two decades : 1962-83 / Robert Haveman...[et al.] -- Health care spending on children and the elderly / Jack A. Meyer, Marilyn Moon -- The allocation of public resources to children and the elderly in OECD countries / Michael O'Higgins -- Beyond income and poverty : trends in social welfare among children and the elderly since 1960 / Christopher Jencks, Barbara Boyle Torrey -- Part 3 : Country studies -- Trends in well-being of children and the elderly in Japan / Samuel H. Preston, Shigemi Kono -- The effects of the social welfare system in Sweden on the well-being of children and the elderly / Robert Erikson, Johan Fritzell -- Part 4 : Institutional, social, and political perspectives -- Institutional and political factors affecting the well-being of the elderly / Gosta Esping-Anderson, Lee Rainwater, Martin Rein -- Social policy and children in the United States and Europe / Sheila B. Kammerman, Alfred J. Kahn -- Generational politics / Hugh Heclo -- Outcomes, interpretations, and policy implications / Stephanie G. Gould, John L. Palmer. |
Subject |
Children -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Children -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Older people.
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United States -- Social policy.
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Added Author |
Palmer, John Logan.
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Smeeding, Timothy M.
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Torrey, Barbara Boyle.
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ISBN |
0877664196 paperback |
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087766420X hardcover |
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