For better and for worse : welfare reform and the well-being of children and families / Greg J. Duncan, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, editors.
| Other author | Duncan, Greg J. |
| Other author | Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2001. |
| Description | viii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | For better and for worse: welfare reform and the well-being of children and families / Greg J. Duncan and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale -- Liberal and conservative influences on the welfare reform legislation of 1996 / Ron Haskins -- Welfare reform, management systems, and policy theories of child well-being / Cathy M. Johnson and Thomas L. Gais -- How do state policymakers think about family processes and child development in low-income families? / Kristin Anderson Moore -- Program redesign by states in the wake of welfare reform: making sense of the effects of devolution / Alan Weil -- Sanctions and exits: what states know about families that leave welfare because of sanctions and time limits / Jack Tweedie -- How different are welfare and working families? And do these differences matter for children's achievement? / Greg J. Duncan...[et al.] -- My children come first: welfare-reliant women's post-TANF views of work-family trade-offs and marriage / Ellen K. Scott...[et al.] -- Does maternal employment mandated by welfare reform affect children's behavior? / Ariel Kalil, Rachel E. Dunifon, and Sandra K. Danziger -- Lessons from New Hope: the impact on children's well-being of a work-based antipoverty program for parents / Rashmita S. Mistry...[et al.] -- How families view and use lump-sum payments from the earned income tax credit / Jennifer L. Romich and Thomas S. Weisner -- Welfare waivers and nonmarital childbearing / Ann e. Horvath-Rose and H. Elizabeth Peters -- Reducing child poverty by improving the work-based safety net / Wendell Primus and Kristina Daugirdas -- Effects of welfare reform at four years / Ron Haskins -- Reforming the social family contract: public support for child learning in the United States / Paula England and Nancy Folbre -- Lessons learned / P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Greg J. Duncan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001041785 |
| ISBN | 0871542455 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV741 .F66 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |