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The relationship between single motherhood, employment and poverty

Brady, David; Finnigan, Ryan; Hübgen, Sabine - 2022

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Targeting, universalism and single mother poverty : a multi-level analysis across 18 affluent democracies

Brady, David; Burroway, Rebekah - 2010

poverty with a multi-level analysis across 18 affluent democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all …. By far, the U.S. has the highest rate of poverty among single mothers. The analyses show that single mother poverty is a …. Although debates often focus on altering the behavior or characteristics of single mothers, welfare universalism could be an …

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Single Mothers and Work

Gonzalez, Libertad - 2010

Western countries differ greatly in the extent to which single mothers participate in the labour market. Using LIS data … that influence the work decision for single mothers. The results suggest that a large part of the cross-country variation … in the employment rates of single mothers can be explained by their different demographic characteristics and by the …

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The single motherhood penalty as a gender penalty

Moullin, Sophie; Harkness, Susan - 2021

Recent analysis has suggested that poverty rates, and their variation across rich countries, is driven much less by the prevalence of certain risks than by the poverty penaltyattached to the risks. Focusing on single motherhood as a poverty risk, it is claimed the penalty attached to it is...

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Single Mothers and Work

Gonzalez, Libertad - 2021

Western countries differ greatly in the extent to which single mothers participate in the labor market. Using LIS data … that influence the work decision for single mothers. The results suggest that a large part of the cross country variation … in the employment rates of single mothers can be explained by their different demographic characteristics and by the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319376

Diverging destinies in international perspective : education, single motherhood, and child poverty

Härkönen, Juho - 2017

Educational differences in family demography have gained wide attention, not least due to arguments that they amplify existing inequalities in child well-being and life chances. Despite the interest, there has been a lack of comprehensive cross-national descriptions of trends in educational...

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