Contributor
Duncan, Greg J.
Imprint:New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2001.
Descriptionviii, 329 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:PART I. INTRODUCTION AND POLICY CONTEXT -- 1. For better and for worse: welfare reform and the well-being of children and families / Greg J. Duncan and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale -- 2. Liberal and conservative influences on the welfare reform legislation of 1996 / Ron Haskins -- PART II. WHAT STATES ARE THINKING AND DOING: 3. Welfare reform, management systems, and policy theories of child well-being / Cathy M. Johnson, Thomas L. Gais -- 4. How do state policymakers think about family processes and child development in low-income families? / Kristin Anderson Moore -- 5. Program redesign by states in the wake of welfare reform: making sense of the effects of devolution / Alan Weil -- 6. Sanctions and exits: what states know about families that leave welfare because of sanctions and time limits / Jack Tweedie -- PART III. HOW FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ARE FARING: 7. How different are welfare and working families? And do these differences matter for children's achievement? / Greg J. Duncan, Rachel E. Dunifon, Morgan B. Ward Doran, W. Jean Young -- 8. My children come first: welfare-reliant women's post-TANF [Temporary Assistance to Needy Families] views of work-family trade-offs and marriage / Ellen K. Scott, Kathryn Edin, Andrew S. London, Joan Maya Mazelis -- 9. Does maternal employment mandated by welfare reform affect children's behavior? / Ariel Kalil, Rachel E. Dunifon, Sandra K. Danzier -- 10. Lessons from New Hope: the impact on children's well-being of a work-based antipoverty program for parents / Rashmita S. Mistry, Danielle A. Crosby, Aletha C. Huston, David M. Casey, Marika n. Ripke -- 11. How families view and use lump-sum payments from the earned income tax credit / Jennifer L. Romich, Thomas S. Weisner -- 12. Welfare waivers and nonmarital childbearing / Ann E. Horvath-Rose, H. Elizabeth Peters -- PART IV. POLICY APPROACHES AND OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE: 13. Reducing child poverty by improving the work-based safety net / Wendell Primus, Kristina Daugirdas -- 14. Effects of welfare reform at four years / Ron Haskins -- 15. Reforming the social family contract: public support for child rearing in the United States / Paula England, Nancy Folbre -- 16. Lessons learned / P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Greg J. Duncan.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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