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Dynamics of material hardship in the women's employment study

Article Abstract:

Data from a welfare sample is analyzed to determine how common experiences of material hardship are over time, if some forms of material hardship are more common than others and if women experience multiple hardships. It is seen that cumulative levels of hardship increase over time, though not material hardship suggesting that overall quality of life within households is quite low at some point during the transition from welfare to work.

Author: Heflin, Colleen M.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Name: Social Service Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0037-7961
Year: 2006
Labor force information, Employment

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How do drug use and social relations affect welfare participation?

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The relationship between welfare participation and drug use and the relationships between welfare participation and various social relations is discussed. It was seen that utilization of marijuana or cocaine did not affect women's welfare participation to a statistically large degree.

Author: Cheng, Tyrone C., McElderry, Cathy Gilbert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Name: Social Service Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0037-7961
Year: 2007
Influence, Drug use

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The public administration case against participation income

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A debate on participation income (PI) acclaimed as a workable compromise between the aspirations of unconditional basic income proposals and the political acceptability of the workfare model is presented.

Author: De Wispelaere, Jurgen, Stirton, Lindsay
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Name: Social Service Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0037-7961
Year: 2007
Evaluation, Welfare reform, Labor market, Labour market

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Subjects list: Social aspects, United States, Women, Welfare, Public assistance
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