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Smith, James P.; Ward, Michael P. – 1979
The influence of childbearing on a family's ability to accumulate assets is examined in this paper. The first section presents a theoretical framework for analyzing the evolving life-time process of asset accumulation. This model highlights the principal factors that determine life cycle paths of consumption, income, savings, and the time…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Economic Research, Economics, Family Characteristics
Hill, Martha S.; Sandfort, Jodi R. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Presents a conceptual model for better understanding how poverty jeopardizes a host of childhood and adulthood abilities. Links the model with various policy initiatives that attempt to curb poverty or its detrimental effects. Suggests that low family income compromises children's physical growth, cognitive development, socioemotional functioning,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Download full textDoherty, Gillian; And Others – 1995
This report examines the status, funding, and accessibility of child care in Canada and presents recommendations for the federal government to improve access to quality child care for all Canadians. The report describes the purposes that can be served by child care and illustrates how it can advance social and economic objectives of national…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
