compared with the highest income quintiles, whereas in Finland, Germany and Spain more lone mothers in the low-income quintiles … the income packages of lone mothers, 2) the proportion of lone mothers receiving child maintenance and the level of child … covers data from five countries: Finland, Germany, Spain, UK and the USA. Our results show that in all countries except the …

This paper assesses the short-run impact of first-year maternal employment on low-income children's cognitive … Birth cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the OLS results show that children of working mothers score higher …-of-youngest-child exemptions - as a source of quasi-experimental variation in maternal employment. The 1996 welfare reform law empowered states to …

that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one …

expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid …

We investigate the role of employment in explaining changes in the mental health of single mothers compared to … partnered mothers and single childless women during the period of welfare reform in the UK. We employ a time allocation … health, higher employment, and longer working hours. We estimate a Heckman selection model for employment and hours worked. A …