Publication Date

2-17-2010

DOI

10.17848/9781441644886

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.

Full Book PDF

Download Full Text (2.6 MB)

Contents

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

ISBN

9780880993586 (cloth) ; 9780880993562 (pbk.) ; 9781441644886 (ebook)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Poverty and income support; Income support programs; Low wage labor markets; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; Public training programs; Welfare to work

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

Share

COinS
 

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. https://doi.org/10.17848/9781441644886

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.