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Children in the Vanguard of the U.S. Welfare State: A Review of Janet Currie's The Invisible Safety Net and Jane Waldfogel's What Children Need

Eugene Smolensky

University of California, Berkeley

Journal of Economic Literature 2007

Policy driven social science research intended to influence the future of the U.S. welfare state has, during the past decade, emphasized improving the life-chances of children, particularly children disadvantaged at birth by the socioeconomic status of their parents. This essay samples that literature, discussing in detail the contents and implications of two recent largely synthetic volumes from this genre.

DOI
10.1257/jel.45.4.1011
Volume
45 (4)
Pages
1011-1023
Language
en
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