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Why parental socioeconomic status correlates strongly with various measures of child and
adult achievement is an important and controversial research question. After summarizing …

Our review of research suggests that family poverty has selective effects on child development.
Most important for policy are indications that deep or persistent poverty early in childhood …

We consider 3 questions regarding the effects of economic deprivation on child development.
First, how are developmental outcomes in childhood affected by poverty and such poverty …

Although hundreds of studies have documented the association between family poverty and
children's health, achievement, and behavior, few measure the effects of the timing, depth, …

Identifying the types of mathematics content knowledge that are most predictive of students’
long-term learning is essential for improving both theories of mathematical development and …

Our chapter investigates links between young children’s skills and behaviors and their later
attainments. We begin with a conceptual framework for understanding early skills. We argue …

This paper uses data from a randomized housing-mobility experiment to study the effects of
relocating families from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods on juvenile crime. Outcome …

We summarize the available evidence on the extent to which expenditures on early childhood
education programs constitute worthy social investments in the human capital of children. …

Changes in both characteristics and composition that occur in survey populations over time
give rise to a range of different objectives for analysis. These objectives are enumerated, and …