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Title: Life-Course Implications of US Public Policy

Citation Type: Book, Whole

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9781000389524, 1000389529

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Abstract: There is a complex set of public policies and associated programs that constitute the social safety net in the United States. In Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies, the authors encourage others to systematically consider the influence of policies and programs on lives, aging, and the life course, and how the consequences might vary by gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and social class. The volume aims to foster an appreciation of how policy influences connect and condition the life course. Chapters examine issues relating to health, housing, food security, crime, employment, and care work, amongst other issues, and demonstrate how the principles of the life-course perspective and cumulative inequality theory can be used to inform contemporary ...

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Authors: Wilmoth, Janet; London, Andrew

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Gender, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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