for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of … the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were … successful in improving labor market attachment and increasing disposable income of new lone mothers. By contrast, the reform led …

for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of … the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were … successful in improving labor market attachment and increasing disposable income of new lone mothers. By contrast, the reform led …

Using rich administrative data from Norway, we evaluate a 1998 work-encouraging reform targeted at single parents. We … especially focus on educational performance for children of the involved single mothers. For all children of single mothers, the … younger single mothers, those most likely to be affected by the reform, the grade point average of their children drops …

Using rich administrative data from Norway, we evaluate a 1998 work-encouraging reform targeted at single parents. We … especially focus on educational performance for children of the involved single mothers. For all children of single mothers, the … younger single mothers, those most likely to be affected by the reform, the grade point average of their children drops …

and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … reform of the Norwegian welfare system for lone mothers; activity requirements were introduced, time limits imposed, and … once. We find that the workfare reform did not only increase earnings and education as well as lower welfare caseloads and …

and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … reform of the Norwegian welfare system for lone mothers; activity requirements were introduced, time limits imposed, and … once. We find that the workfare reform did not only increase earnings and education as well as lower welfare caseloads and …

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 for all women but the association was not statistically significant for single mothers. Mental health inequalities …

the material circumstances of single mothers improved in the decades following welfare reform. The consumption of the most …