TY - BOOK AU - Cancian,Maria AU - Danziger,Sheldon TI - Changing poverty, changing policies SN - 9780871543103 (alk. paper) AV - HC 79 C456 2009 U1 - 362.5 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Russell Sage Foundation KW - Poverty KW - United States KW - History KW - Government policy KW - Economic assistance, Domestic KW - Public welfare KW - Primera Jornada de Catalogación KW - Asistencia económica doméstica KW - Estados Unidos KW - Bienestar social N1 - Revised versions of papers originally presented at a conference held in May 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin; "This volume examines changing poverty and changing antipoverty policies in the United States since the early 1970s"--P. 1; Includes bibliographical references and index; Changing poverty and changing antipoverty policies; Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger --; pt. 1; Economic changes, demographic changes, and trends in poverty; Poverty levels and trends in comparative perspective; Daniel R. Meyer and Geoffrey L. Wallace --; Economic change and the structure of opportunity for less-skilled workers; Rebecca M. Blank --; Family structure, childbearing, and parental employment : implications for the level and trend in poverty; Maria Cancian and Deborah Reed --; Immigration and poverty in the United States; Steven Raphael and Eugene Smolensky --; pt. 2; Mobility and its consequences; Enduring influences of childhood poverty; Katherine Magnuson and Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal --; Mobility in the United States in comparative perspective; Markus Jantti --; pt. 3; The evolution and scope of antipoverty policies; Trends in income support; John Karl Scholz, Robert Moffitt, and Benjamin Cowan --; The role of family policies in antipoverty policy; Jane Waldfogel --; Improving educational outcomes for poor children; Brian A. Jacob and Jens Ludwig --; Workforce development as an antipoverty strategy : what do we know? what should we do?; Harry J. Holzer --; Health care for the poor : for whom, what care, and whose responsibility?; Katherine Swartz --; pt. 4; The politics of poverty and its meaning in a rich country; Poverty politics and policy; Mary Jo Bane --; What does it mean to be poor in a rich society?; Robert Haveman ER -