Focus. Volume 27, Number 2, Winter 2010

Sonst. Personen	Caspar, Emma (Hrsg.)
Institution	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty
Titel	Focus. Volume 27, Number 2, Winter 2010
Quelle	(2010), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	0195-5705
Schlagwörter	Economic Research; Poverty; Low Income Groups; Economic Factors; Measurement Techniques; Achievement Gap; Taxes; Transfer Students; Educational Policy; Educational Research; Family Income; Parent Influence; Test Construction; Minority Groups; Racial Differences; Preschool Education; Public Policy; Educational Finance; Welfare Services; Workshops; Educational Attainment; Cognitive Ability; Interdisciplinary Approach; Foreign Countries; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsforschung; Armut; Ökonomischer Faktor; Messtechnik; Abgabe; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Familieneinkommen; Testaufbau; Ethnische Minderheit; Rassenunterschied; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bildungsfonds; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Denkfähigkeit; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland
Abstract	The purpose of "Focus" is to provide coverage of poverty-related research, events, and issues, and to acquaint a large audience with the work of the Institute for Research on Poverty by means of short essays on selected pieces of research. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Progress toward Improving the U.S. Poverty Measure: Developing the New Supplemental Poverty Measure (David Johnson); (2) Measuring Poverty in Wisconsin (Joanna Marks, Julia Isaacs, Katherine Thornton, and Timothy Smeeding); (3) How Well Do We Understand Achievement Gaps? (Eric A. Hanushek); (4) Transfers and Taxes and the Low-Income Population: Policy and Research Trends (Richard Burkhauser, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz); (5) Revisiting an Old Question: How Much Does Parental Income Affect Child Outcomes? (Susan E. Mayer); and (6) An Alien Parachutes into Economic Research on Low-Income Populations (Thomas D. Cook). Individual articles contain tables, figures and footnotes. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Research on Poverty. Publications Department, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393. Tel: 608-262-6358; Fax: 608-265-3119; e-mail: irppubs@ssc.wisc.edu; Web site: http://www.irp.wisc.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10