Lone Mothers: A Review

Matthias Staat and Gerhard Wagenhals

Journal of Population Economics, 1996, vol. 9, issue 2, 40 pages

Abstract: This paper briefly reviews recent empirical studies on the economic behaviour of lone mothers concentrating on the duration of lone motherhood, on labour supply, and on the determinants of their welfare participation. We start out by sketching some stylised facts about lone-mother-families in various countries. With this background we give a guided tour through the empirical literature followed by a summary of the policy implications of the results presented.

Date: 1996
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