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mothers. The data used in this paper are from the 1987 SIPP, the first SIPP panel to utilize an improved probing of child care … contribution is to provide a clear comparison between single mothers and married mothers. A third contribution of this paper is its … for married and single mothers, while increases in the price of care reduce the probability of labor force participation. …
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married mothers with young children. We draw on the 1992/93 Survey of Income and Program Participation to estimate two related … to improve the child care options for mothers with young children working in nonstandard jobs. … jointly estimate the work status and child care choice decisions of mothers, we find that the standard versus nonstandard work …
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The purpose of this paper is to examine work-family conflict among low-income, unmarried mothers. I examine how social …-2002. Results show that social capital reduces unmarried mothers' reports of work-family conflict, especially for low-income women …. In addition, mothers who report high levels of work-family conflict are less likely to be employed; this pattern holds …
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competing interests of public and private coverage for single mothers affect these mothers' willingness to participate in the …
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Basing their analysis on the American Time Use Survey, Connelly and Kimmel delve into the time use of mothers of … preteenaged children in the United States and connect their time uses with their children’s development. This leads to interesting …
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Kimmel and Hoffman present a set of topical, non-technical papers authored by nationally known experts in this field. Using an economic perspective, they confront work/family issues including child care (potentially the biggest obstacle to parents successfully integrating work and family...
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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...
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This book offers insights into the lives of women in a urban Michigan county who left welfare for work and the role their family decisions play in their labor market decisions.
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investments in children may pay off for the state or local area that makes these investments. A surprisingly large proportion of …
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