One Percent for the Kids: New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's Children

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This volume argues forcefully that the life prospects of children can be improved substantially by reallocating one per cent of the gross domestic product to children's programmes. Each chapter contains a specific proposal for change, as well as information about the rationale and cost of the initiative. The topics covered include preventing teen child-bearing, early care and education, parental leave, income support, health care, preschool and afterschool programmes, strengthening families, making work pay and moving families to better neighbourhoods.

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"This book provides a discussion of some well thought-out proposals to achieve the objective of improving the outcomes for our children and will provide a welcome reference for anyone with an interest in issues of child well-being and social policy." John J. Hisnanick, Review of Social Economy, 3/1/2006

Author Bio

Isabel Sawhill is vice president and director of the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. She served as associate director of the Office of Management and Budget.