Working after Welfare: How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

by Kristin S. Seefeldt

Overview

Kristin Seefeldt offers insights into the lives of women who left welfare for work. Specifcally, she shows the influence that family has on the labor market decisions they face.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880993449
Publisher:	Upjohn, W. E. Institute for Employment Research
Publication date:	12/01/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	171
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1 - Moving from Welfare to Work

2 - Six Years Later, How Are Former Welfare Recipients Faring in the Labor Market?

3 - Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder, or Stuck on the Same Rung?

4 - Peeking inside the "Black Box" of Employment Transitions

5 - What Working Mothers Want

6 - Challenges to Advancement among Former Welfare Recipients

7 - Policies to Bring Work and Family Back into Balance

Appendix A: Chapter 3 Regression Results

Appendix B: Qualitative Data Methods

References

The Author

Index

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