The Urban UnderclassChristopher Jencks, Paul E. Peterson Brookings Institution Press, 2001. gada 9. aug. - 508 lappuses Many believe that the urban underclass in America is a large, rapidly increasing proportion of the population; that crime, teenage pregnancy, and high school dropout rates are escalating; and that welfare rolls are exploding. Yet none of these perceptions is accurate. Here, noted authorities, including William J. Wilson, attempt to separate the truth about poverty, social dislocation, and changes in American family life from the myths that have become part of contemporary folklore. |
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The Urban Underclass and the Poverty Paradox | 3 |
Is the American Underclass Growing? | 28 |
Employment and Earnings of Disadvantaged Young Men in a Labor Shortage Economy | 103 |
Gains from Growth? The Impact of Full Employment on Poverty in Boston | 122 |
Labor Force Activity in Chicagos Inner City | 135 |
Have the Rules Changed? | 155 |
Socioeconomic Change and the Decline of Marriage for Blacks and Whites | 175 |
The Meaning of Race for Employers | 203 |
How Much Does a High Schools Racial and Socioeconomic Mix Affect Graduation and Teenage Fertility Rates? | 321 |
Employment and Earnings of LowIncome Blacks Who Move to MiddleClass Suburbs | 342 |
The Political Behavior of Poor People | 357 |
Neighborhood Effects on Teenage Pregnancy | 375 |
Culture Rationality and the Underclass | 399 |
Politically Viable Policies to Combat Poverty in the United States | 411 |
An Alternative View | 437 |
Public Policy Research and The Truly Disadvantaged | 460 |
Ghetto Poverty in the United States 19701980 | 235 |
Residential Segregation of Social and Economic Groups among Blacks 197080 | 274 |
Effects of Neighborhoods on Dropping Out of School and Teenage Childbearing | 299 |
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AFDC American area unemployment average baby behavior benefits black poor black women Bureau census tracts changes Chicago child Christopher Winship coefficients culture culture of poverty Current Population Survey decline decreases dropout dropping earnings economic educational attainment employers employment enrollment estimates ethnic family income federal ghetto poor ghetto poverty girls groups high school high-status workers Hispanic increase inner city inner-city joblessness labor force labor market less living low-income marriage rates married medicaid metropolitan areas nonpoor parents percent percentage Policy political poor blacks poor neighborhoods poverty line poverty rate pregnant problems programs proportion Puerto Ricans race racial regression residential segregation residents respondents sample skills SMSA social class Statistics status suburban suburbs survey targeted teenage childbearing tion trends Truly Disadvantaged underclass unemployment unemployment rate University urban variable wages War on Poverty wedlock welfare William Julius William Julius Wilson Wilson young youths
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478. lappuse - Accordingly, the hidden agenda for liberal policymakers is to improve the life chances of truly disadvantaged groups such as the ghetto underclass by emphasizing programs to which the more advantaged groups of all races and class backgrounds can positively relate.
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