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The area of work and family is a hot topic in the social sciences and appeals to scholars in a wide range of disciplines. There are few edited volumes in this area, however, and this may be the only one that focuses on low-income families--a particularly.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Booth, Alan, 1935-2015, Crouter, Ann C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.
Colección:Penn State University family issues symposia series.
Temas:
Work and family > United States.
Working poor > United States.
Working poor > Government policy > United States.
Poor children > Services for > United States.
Travail et familles > États-Unis.
Travailleurs pauvres > États-Unis.
Travailleurs pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Enfants pauvres > Services > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Poor children > Services for
Work and family
Working poor
Working poor > Government policy
United States
Electronic book.
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. How has the availability, content, and stability of the jobs available for the working poor changed in recent decades? The low-wage labor market : trends and policy implications / Jared Bernstein
  • Labor market and family trends and public policy responses / Paula England
  • Beyond low wages : underemployment in America / Leif Jensen and Timothy Slack
  • Changing families, shifting economic fortunes, and meeting basic needs / Lynne M. Casper and Rosalind B. King
  • pt. 2. What features of work timing matter for families? Employment in a 24-7 economy : challenges for the family / Harriet B. Presser
  • The time and timing of work : unique challenges facing low-income families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins
  • Exploring process and control in families working nonstandard schedules / Kerry Daly
  • Using daily diaries to assess temporal friction between work and family / David M. Almeida
  • pt. 3. How are the childcare needs of low-income families being met? Childcare for low-income families : problems and promises / Aletha C. Huston
  • The crisis of care / Barrie Thorne
  • Childcare as a work support, a child-focused intervention, and a job / C. Cybele Raver
  • Childcare for low-income families : problems and promise / Martha Zaslow
  • pt. 4. How are the challenges of managing work and family experienced by low-income men and women? "Making a way out of no way" : how mothers meet basic family needs while moving from welfare to work / Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Kathryn Edin, Andrew London, Ellen Scott, and Vicki Hunter
  • Should promoting marriage be the next stage of welfare reform? / Benjamin R. Karney and Shauna H. Springer
  • Making our way together : collaboration in the move from welfare to work / Lynne A. Bond and Amy M. Carmola Hauf
  • The growing compliance burden for recipients of public assistance / Andrew J. Cherlin
  • Balancing work and family : problems and solutions for low-income families / Daniel N. Hawkins and Shawn D. Whiteman.

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