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- catalog contributor b460667.
- catalog created "c1984.".
- catalog date "1984".
- catalog date "c1984.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1984.".
- catalog description "1. The nature of poverty. Poverty and inequality. Economic definition of poverty. Noneconomic measures of poverty. The official poverty index -- 2. The poor. The number of poor people. Characteristics of the poor -- 3. General perspectives. Labor market focus. Human capital deficiencies. Deficient demand for labor. Discrimination -- 4. Subemployment. Capitalist ideology. Subemployment and poverty. The question of causation Summary. Appendix: unemployment as a social goal. The Phillips curve problem -- 5. The working poor. Work experience and poverty. The hard-working poor. Why are wages so low? Appendix: dual labor markets and the trickle down theory. The trickle down theory. The dual labor market perspective -- 6. Age and health. Age. Health -- 7. Family size and status. Family size. Family status -- 8. Culture and race. The "culture of poverty". The racial inferiority theory -- 9. Education and ability. Education and income. Ability and income -- 10. Discrimination in education. Discrimination. Racial discrimination in education. Class discrimination in education. Sex discrimination in education -- 11. Discrimination in the labor market. Racial discrimination in the labor market. Class discrimination in the labor market. Sex discrimination in the labor market -- 12. Income maintenance policies. Welfare: the cash assistance programs. Welfare: the in-kind programs. Welfare reform suggestions. Social security. Income maintenance and poverty -- 13. Employment policies. Aggregate demand policies. Training policies. Public service employment. A coordinated approach -- 14. Equal opportunity policies. Equal employment opportunity policies. Equal educational opportunity policies -- 15. Directions and prospects. The causes of poverty. Policy directions. Causes, attitudes, and policy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 245 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Economics of poverty and discrimination.".
- catalog identifier "0132320347 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Economics of poverty and discrimination.".
- catalog issued "1984".
- catalog issued "c1984.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall,".
- catalog relation "Economics of poverty and discrimination.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "Discrimination United States.".
- catalog subject "Economic assistance, Domestic United States.".
- catalog subject "HC110.P6 S27 1984".
- catalog subject "Poor United States.".
- catalog subject "Poverty.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The nature of poverty. Poverty and inequality. Economic definition of poverty. Noneconomic measures of poverty. The official poverty index -- 2. The poor. The number of poor people. Characteristics of the poor -- 3. General perspectives. Labor market focus. Human capital deficiencies. Deficient demand for labor. Discrimination -- 4. Subemployment. Capitalist ideology. Subemployment and poverty. The question of causation Summary. Appendix: unemployment as a social goal. The Phillips curve problem -- 5. The working poor. Work experience and poverty. The hard-working poor. Why are wages so low? Appendix: dual labor markets and the trickle down theory. The trickle down theory. The dual labor market perspective -- 6. Age and health. Age. Health -- 7. Family size and status. Family size. Family status -- 8. Culture and race. The "culture of poverty". The racial inferiority theory -- 9. Education and ability. Education and income. Ability and income -- 10. Discrimination in education. Discrimination. Racial discrimination in education. Class discrimination in education. Sex discrimination in education -- 11. Discrimination in the labor market. Racial discrimination in the labor market. Class discrimination in the labor market. Sex discrimination in the labor market -- 12. Income maintenance policies. Welfare: the cash assistance programs. Welfare: the in-kind programs. Welfare reform suggestions. Social security. Income maintenance and poverty -- 13. Employment policies. Aggregate demand policies. Training policies. Public service employment. A coordinated approach -- 14. Equal opportunity policies. Equal employment opportunity policies. Equal educational opportunity policies -- 15. Directions and prospects. The causes of poverty. Policy directions. Causes, attitudes, and policy.".
- catalog title "The economics of poverty and discrimination / Bradley R. Schiller.".
- catalog type "text".