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Download full textFagan, Patrick F.; Patterson, Robert W.; Rector, Robert E. – 2002
The erosion of marriage has caused enormous difficulties for children, parents, and society. Compared to children born within marriage, those born outside of marriage are overwhelmingly more likely to live in poverty, depend on welfare, and have behavior problems. They also may suffer depression and physical abuse, fail in school, abuse drugs, and…
Descriptors: Family Life, Federal Legislation, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Status
Peer reviewedPiven, Frances Fox – Social Justice, 1998
Analyzes the impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 on labor markets, especially the low-wage labor market. Because family stability requires that someone do family work, cutbacks that have been justified by invoking traditional family values will almost surely contribute to the continued erosion of family life.…
Descriptors: Family Life, Labor Market, Low Income Groups, Mothers
Pareja, Amber Stitziel, Lewis, Dan A. – 2002
The 1996 welfare reform act forced many poor parents into the labor market, with little understanding of how the parents' workforce participation would affect family life in general and their children in particular. In this paper, researchers examine the relationship between parental workforce participation, welfare receipt, and children's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Child Welfare, Economic Factors
Mink, Gwendolyn – 1998
During the 1920s, progressive women activists invented welfare to help mothers and their children survive when breadwinning fathers either died or abandoned their families. During the 1930s, the local mothers' pension programs of the Progressive Era became part of the emerging national welfare state, which was conceived to relieve poor single…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Economic Change, Employed Women, Family Life
Welfare Policies Matter for Children and Youth: Lessons for TANF Reauthorization. MDRC Policy Brief.
Morris, Pamela; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Knox, Virginia – 2002
Studies of nearly a dozen welfare programs were reviewed to determine the effects of welfare policies on children and youth and to identify issues requiring consideration during reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The following were among the key findings: (1) the school achievement of elementary school-age…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children
Bloom, Dan; Farrell, Mary; Fink, Barbara – 2002
The effect of welfare time limits on families in different states was examined in a comprehensive study that involved the following activities: (1) a survey of state welfare administrators regarding states' time-limit policies and experiences to date; (2) site visits to five states; and (3) a synthesis of research on time limits. The following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Disqualification
