Foreword / Melvin L. Oliver.
Investing in children : what do we know? Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel.
Trends in and consequences of investments in children / Lisa M. Lynch.
Rethinking education and training policy : understanding the sources of skill formation in a modern economy / James J. Heckman and Lance Lochner.
Pathways to early child health and development / Barry Zuckerman and Robert Kahn.
Early childhood experiences and developmental competence / Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey.
Schooling's influences on motivation and achievement / Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Allan Wigfield.
Promoting positive outcomes for youth : resourceful families and communities / Margaret Beale Spencer and Dena Phillips Swanson.
The neighborhood context of investing in children : facilitating mechanism and undermining risks / Robert J. Sampson.
the transition from school to work : is there a crisis? what can be done? / Debra Donahoe and Marta Tienda.
New directions in job training strategies for the disadvantaged / Hillard Pouncy.
Who is getting a college education? family background and the growing gaps in enrollment / David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane.
