Escape from Poverty : What Makes a Difference for Children? (Hardcover)

1. Whose responsibility? An historical analysis of the changing role of mothers, fathers, and society P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Maris A. Vinovskis; 2. The life circumstances and development of children in welfare families Nicholas Zill, Kristin Moore, Ellen Wolpow Smith, Thomas Stief, and Mary Jo Coiro; 3. Welfare to work through the eyes of children Julie Boatright Wilson, David Ellwood and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; 4. Strategies for altering the outcomes of poor children and their families Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; 5. Policy issues of child care Andrew J. Cherlin; 6. Child care and children of color Margaret Beale Spencer, Janet Blumenthal and Elizabeth Richards; 7. Health policy in the Family Support Act of 1988 Katherine S. Lobach; 8. Economic issues of health care Barbara L. Wolfe; 9. Dealing with Dads: the changing roles of fathers Frank J. Furstenberg Jr; 10. The effects of child support reform on child well-being Irwin Garfinkel and Sara McLanahan; 11. Losing ground or moving ahead: welfare reform and children Ron Haskins; 12. National surveys as data resources for public policy research on poor children Nicholas Zill; 13. An interdisciplinary model for studying poor children Timothy M. Smeeding; 14. Two generation programs: a new intervention strategy and directions for future Sheila Smith.