estimates the effects of welfare reform on an important source of human capital acquisition among women at risk for relying on …

health of low income families. A large body of literature evaluates the extent to which the Supplemental Program for Women …

welfare reform on adult women's illicit drug use from 1992 to 2002, the period during which welfare reform unfolded in the U … illicit drug use and increases in drug treatment among women at risk for relying on welfare, and some evidence that the …

poverty. In particular, we focus on the two largest programs over this period: the U.S. EITC and the Canadian NCB/CCTB. In … light of these policy changes, we examine trends in employment and poverty of the most affected families -- single mothers … countries, absolutely and relative to a control group of single women without children. The cross-country differences in …

school calendar and have implications for policies targeted toward women's and teenage children's health and well-being …

States, particularly among young women. This upward trend among the young is also apparent from the National Health Interview … young women …

well-being. They highlight the need for targeted policies aimed at enhancing social and economic opportunities for women …