Intergenerational transmission of income inequality :
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Intergenerational transmission of income inequality: What do we know? 3 Poverty and parenting young children The role of parenting in the intergenerational transmission of poverty 6 Does increased income reduce child maltreatment? 9 Promoting school readiness through parental engagement 11 Poverty and K-12 schooling K-12 programs to reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty 13 Interactive effects of Head Start and K-12 spending 15 Does full-day kindergarten reduce achievement gaps? 17 Administrative complexity as a barrier to school choice 20 Poverty, neighborhood, and school setting Neighborhood and the intergenerational transmission of poverty 22 School context, segregation, and inequality 25 Does schooling increase or decrease social inequality? 27 Poverty and childhood health How childhood health affects poverty in adulthood 29 Effects of poverty and health on children’s cognitive development 31 Medicaid and intergenerational economic mobility 34 Inequality before birth: Effects of in utero pollution exposure on children’s development 36 Poverty and early care and education What is the role of early childhood policies in fighting intergenerational transmission of poverty? 38 What is “high quality” early care and education? 40 Can successful preschool programs work outside public schools? 42
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