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Cross-national patterns in individual and household employment and work hours by gender and parenthood

Misra, Joya; Budig, Michelle; Böckmann, Irene - 2010

We distinguish between overall employment rates and full-time employment rates among men and women, and examine total … household employment hours for heterosexually partnered men and women, as well as women's share in total household employment … hours, to investigate how gender, parenthood, and partner's employment are related to individual's employment patterns. We …

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Government programs and social outcomes: The United States in comparative perspective

Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2005

While all nations value low poverty, high levels of economic self-reliance, and equality of opportunity for younger persons, they differ dramatically in the extent to which they reach these goals. Most nations have remarkable similarities in the sources of social concern within each nation -...

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United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context

Smeeding, Timothy M.; Rainwater, Lee; Burtless, Gary - 2000

In this paper we use cross-national comparisons made possible by the LIS to examine America's experience in maintaining a low poverty rate. We compare the effectiveness of United States antipoverty policies to that of similar polices elsewhere in the industrialized world. If lessons can be...

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