""Poverty and Discrimination" provides a wide-ranging discussion of
all the aspects of social policy that are related to economic
disadvantage, from welfare programs to education to labor markets,
with a particular emphasis on discrimination. The text provides an
excellent overview of facts, of research results, and of policy
debates. Interspersed in this discussion are many good lessons in
data analysis and research methodology. This book is a great
reference and review of many areas and will work as an excellent
text for undergraduate and graduate-level courses on poverty,
inequality, or discrimination."--Rebecca M. Blank, University of
Michigan
"Kevin Lang's new textbook on poverty and discrimination is at
once lucid, rigorous, and topical. He shows how the conceptual
insights of modern economic theory can be combined with
state-of-the-art statistical techniques in order to answer the
questions, 'What do we know about poverty and how do we know it?'
This elegant, learned, and highly accessible book will, I predict,
exert a major and beneficial influence in the years ahead on the
study of poverty and discrimination in the United States."--Glenn
C. Loury, author of "The Anatomy of Racial Inequality"
"Kevin Lang is engaging and always thought-provoking, and he
covers a lot of ground. I don't agree with him on all issues, but
that is really the point of the book--to show that reasonable
people can differ on some of the most important social issues of
our day and then give students the tools to assess arguments
critically and make their own decisions. This book is an excellent
resource for any class on poverty issues."--Janet M. Currie, author
of "The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting the Nation's Poor Children
and Families"
"This volume will be an extraordinarily helpful tool for anyone
teaching in the field of poverty and discrimination. It assembles
the latest data, weaves it together with competing theories, and
highlights the policy options and dilemmas that we struggle with in
the United States. We have not had a textbook like this in decades
and it will be a tremendous asset to students and faculty
alike."--Katherine S. Newman, author of "Chutes and Ladders:
Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market"
"This book provides a theoretically grounded and empirically
up-to-date review of both economic research and economic policies
related to poverty and discrimination. It is a welcome contribution
reflecting Kevin Lang's broad knowledge of both the massive
academic literature and current policy debates."--Joshua D.
Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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