Giddings, Lisa; Dingeldey, Irene; Ulbricht, Susan - In: Feminist Economics 10 (2004) 2, pp. 115-142
Drawing on Gøsta Esping-Andersen's concept of commodification of labor, as well as on its feminist critiques, this paper looks at policy effects on lone mothers in the US and in Germany. With increasing labor market participation rates among lone mothers in the US following welfare reform and...