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  • Later Life Transitions

    Older Males in Rural America

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    That there is diversity in the work and retirement behaviors and at titudes of our small-town respondents is obvious. Thus, attempts to legislate broad solutions to problems of Social Security and other factors of most interest to older persons can be assured of having both supporters and detractors among the elderly in rural settings as well as among other age groups. Within the diversity ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • The Bell Curve

    Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

    The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty. ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Giving Kids a Fair Chance

    Series series Boston Review Books
    A top economist weighs in on one of the most urgent questions of our times: What is the source of inequality and what is the remedy?In Giving Kids a Fair Chance, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman argues that the accident of birth is the greatest source of inequality in America today. Children born into disadvantage are, by the time they start kindergarten, already at risk of dropping out ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Public School Advantage

    Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools

    Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation of No Child Left Behind, policy makers have increasingly turned to market-based models to help ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • International Differences in Well-Being

    Series series Oxford Positive Psychology Series
    This book brings together the best of current global research on the measurement and understanding of international differences in well-being ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Renegotiating Family Relationships

    Divorce, Child Custody, and Mediation

    Long recognized as the authoritative guide for clinicians working with divorcing families, this book presents crucial concepts, strategies, and intervention techniques. Robert E. Emery describes how to help parents navigate the emotional and legal hurdles of this painful family transition while protecting their children's well-being. The book is grounded in cutting-edge research on family ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Poverty and Discrimination

    by Kevin Lang ...
    Many ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In Poverty and Discrimination, economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literature on poverty and discrimination to determine what we actually know and how we know it.Using ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • Restoring Opportunity

    The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education

    In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how—in a time of spiraling inequality—strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children.The authors offer a brilliant synthesis of recent research on inequality and its effects on families, children, and schools ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Handbook of the Economics of Education

    Series Book 3 - Handbook of the Economics of Education
    How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy?Volume 3 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education uses newly available high quality data from around the world to address these and other core questions. With the help of new methodological approaches, contributors cover econometric methods and international test score data. They examine the ... Read more

    $145.99 CAD

  • Too Many Children Left Behind

    The U.S. Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective

    The belief that with hard work and determination, all children have the opportunity to succeed in life is a cherished part of the American Dream. Yet, increased inequality in America has made that dream more difficult for many to obtain. In Too Many Children Left Behind, an international team of social scientists assesses how social mobility varies in the United States compared with Australia, ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Economic Psychology of Tax Behaviour

    Tax evasion is a complex phenomenon which is influenced not just by economic motives but by psychological factors as well. Economic-psychological research focuses on individual and social representations of taxation as well as decision-making. In this 2007 book, Erich Kirchler assembles research on tax compliance, with a focus on tax evasion, and integrates the findings into a model based on the ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Unequal Prospects

    Is Working Longer the Answer?

    Series series Framing 21st Century Social Issues
    In light of the recent financial crisis and changing economic landscape, McNamara and Williamson present and analyze the possibility of working longer. Including a range of potential policies (e.g., further increasing the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits, allocating more government resources to retraining and job search assistance for older workers), this is one of the major ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD