Understanding Poverty

Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger

Edited by Robert H. Haveman

    Contributors

    Preface

    Introduction: The Evolution of Poverty and Antipoverty Policy
    Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman

    I Trends and Determinants of Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility

    1. The Level,Trend,and Composition of Poverty
    Gary Burtless and Timothy M. Smeeding

    2. Changes in Family Structure: Implications for Poverty and Related Policy
    Maria Cancian and Deborah Reed

    3. The Rising Tide Lifts ...?
    Richard B. Freeman

    4. Mobility, Persistence, and the Consequences of Poverty for Children: Child and Adult Outcomes
    Mary Corcoran

    5. U.S. Poverty in a Cross-national Context
    Timothy M. Smeeding, Lee Rainwater, and Gary Burtless

    II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies

    6. The Evolution of Income Support Policy in Recent Decades
    John Karl Scholz and Kara Levine

    7. Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants
    Ladonna A. Pavetti

    8. Health Policies for the Non-elderly Poor
    John Mullahy and Barbara L. Wolfe

    9. Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments
    Lynn A. Karoly

    III NEIGHBORHOODS, GROUPS, AND COMMUNITIES

    10. Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty
    John Yinger

    11. The Memberships Theory of Poverty: The Role of Group Affiliations in Determining Socioeconomic Outcomes
    Steven N. Durlauf

    12. Community Revitalization, Jobs and the Well-being of the Inner-City Poor
    Ronald F. Ferguson

    IV CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

    13. Politics, Race, and Poverty Research
    Glenn C. Loury

    14. Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy after the Technological Revolution
    David R. Harris

    15. Research on Poverty and Antipoverty Policies
    Jane Waldfogel

    Notes References Index

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Sheldon Danziger is Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Robert H. Haveman is John Bascom Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin at Madison.