Upjohn Research

Title

Mothers' Work and Children's Lives: Low-Income Families after Welfare Reform

Authors

Rucker C. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago
Rachel E. Dunifon, Cornell University

Year

2010

Abstract

This book examines the effects of work requirements imposed by welfare reform on low-income women and their families. The authors pay particular attention to the nature of work—whether it is stable or unstable, the number of hours worked in a week and the regularity and flexibility of work schedules. They also show how these factors make it more difficult for low-income women to balance their work and family requirements.

Contents

1. The Road to Welfare Reform
2. The Women's Employment Study
3. The Effect of Low-Income Mothers' Employment on Children
4. Conclusions and Policy Implications

Citation

Johnson, Rucker C., Ariel Kalil, and Rachel E. Dunifon, (with Barbara Ray). 2010. Mothers' Work and Children's Lives: Low-Income Families after Welfare Reform. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

9780880993586 (cloth) ; 9780880993562 (pbk)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and POVERTY; Poverty and income support; Income support programs; Low wage labor markets