Among the topics covered are the changing definition of poverty the relationbetween economic growth and poverty and the effects of labour marketseducation famil... » 

Among the topics covered are the changing definition of poverty the relationbetween economic growth and poverty and the effects of labour marketseducation family composition and concentrated poverty. The book thenevaluates the evidence on racial discrimination in areas such as educationemployment and criminal justice as well as sex discrimination in the labourmarket and assesses the effectiveness of anti discrimination policies.Throughout the book is grounded in the conviction that we must have muchbetter empirical knowledge of poverty and discrimination if we hope to reducethem. «