Foreword Jennifer Karas Montez Preface Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London
1. An Introduction to Life Course Perspectives on Public Policies Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London
2. Process, Policy and Unintended Consequences: The Life Course Patterning of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage Dale Dannefer and Chengming Han
3. Structural Sexism and Life Course Health: Implications for Public Policy Patricia Homan
4. Wealth Policy as Health Policy: A Population Aging Perspective and Racial Equity Perspective Courtney Boen
5. Understanding the Role of Housing Policy in Life-Course Health: HUD Rental Assistance and Health Outcomes for Children and Adults Andrew Fenelon
6. U.S. Food and Nutrition Policy Across the Life Course Colleen Heflin
7. Crime and Delinquency over the Life Course: Adolescence, Peers, and Policy Jason P. Robey and Michael Massoglia
8. Immigration Policies and the Health of the Older Foreign-Born in the United States Zoya Gubernskaya
9. The Future of Long-term Care in the Latino Population: Where Will the Burden Fall? Jacqueline L. Angel and Sunshine M. Rote
10. How Social Policies Affect Grandparent Care Work Madonna Harrington Meyer and Amra Kandic 11. Social Policies for Older Workers Debra Street and Aine Ni Leime