Work-family challenges for low-income parents and their children /
[Book]
edited by Ann C. Crouter, Alan Booth.
Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum,
2004.
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) :
illustrations
Penn State University family issues symposia series
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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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Work-family challenges for low-income parents and their children.
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Poor children-- Services for-- United States.
Work and family-- United States.
Working poor-- Government policy-- United States.
Working poor-- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.