Family Values and Work in the Mississippi Delta: Effects of Marriage and Employment on the Well-being of TANF Participants

Marlene A. Lee, Joachim Singelmann () and Lena Etuk
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Marlene A. Lee: International Programs, Population Reference Bureau
Joachim Singelmann: University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Department of Demography
Lena Etuk: University of New South Wales, Amplify Social Impact, Centre for Social Impact

Chapter Chapter 18 in Developments in Demography in the 21st Century, 2020, pp 307-330 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Since 1996, the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act and its amendments have restructured the U.S. welfare system. Responding to the perceived welfare effects on such behavior as labor force attachment, fertility, and marriage, lawmakers used this legislation in their attempt to reshape the behavior of the nation’s poor. As a result, recent welfare reforms reflect political concerns regarding employment and family formation among low-income families.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26492-5_18

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