Investing in children [electronic resource] : work, education, and social policy in two rich countries / Ariel Kalil, Ron Haskins, and Jenny Chesters, editors.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2012.Description: vi, 246 p. : illISBN:- 9780815722021 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780815722038 (e-book)
- Children -- Government policy -- Australia
- Children -- Government policy -- United States
- Children -- Australia -- Economic conditions
- Children -- United States -- Economic conditions
- Child development -- Australia
- Child development -- United States
- Australia -- Social policy
- United States -- Social policy
- 305.230973 23
- HQ792.A85 I587 2012eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies the two nations have designed to boost human capital development"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.