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

Rucker C. Johnson, Ariel Kalil and Rachel Dunifon ()
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Rucker C. Johnson: University of California-Berkeley
Ariel Kalil: University of Chicago

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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 work and family requirements.

Keywords: work-family balance; welfare reform; PRWORA; single mothers; single parents; children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I38 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: cloth 9780880993586 paper 9780880993562
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