Welfare-to-Work, Farewell to Families? US Welfare Reform and Work/Family Debates

Randy Albelda ()

Feminist Economics, 2001, vol. 7, issue 1, 119-135

Abstract: There are large research, policy, and economic gaps between the ways US researchers and policy makers address the work/family bind amongst middleclass professionals and poor lone mothers. This is clearly seen in US welfare reform, an important piece of work/family legislation in the 1990s. The new rules make the work/family binds worse for low-income, poor mothers and do not alleviate poverty. With its clear expectation that poor mothers be employed, the legislation opens up new avenues to revamp low-wage work for breadwinners and to socialize the costs of caring for family. Closing the literature gap may help to close the policy gap, which, in turn, would promote more income equality.

Keywords: Families; Family Policies; Inequality; Welfare; Work And Family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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