Family welfare receipt, welfare benefit levels, and the schooling and employment status of male youth
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The influence of parental welfare receipt of the schooling and employment status of male youth residing in these families has been determined. The results showed that there is no evidence that the schooling and employment decisions of teenage white males were significantly influenced by family welfare receipt. However, there is an observed increase in the proportion of teen black males who are not working or in school in families that receive welfare. This effect disappears when the analysis focuses on the impact of welfare benefit levels.
Publication Name: Social Science Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0049-089X
Year: 1999
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Why don't "they" work? Employment patterns in a high pressure economy
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An analysis that uses survey data collected in Boston in 1989, when its economy was at its peak, explores the extent of poverty that would remain in an economy that had nearly reached full employment, and the reasons for the existence of that poverty. The analysis explores the obstacles to working and keeping jobs, and estimates profit models of labor force commitment. It studies those who have left jobs, and identifies the barriers that women face, suggesting certain policy options for their resolution.
Publication Name: Social Science Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0049-089X
Year: 1993
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A bargain at any price? Child care costs and women's employment
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A tradeoff exists between child care costs and the child's mother's benefits from employment. Perception on price of substitute care, child care expenditures and the availability of relatives for care-giving are considered by mothers when they face employment opportunities. Perceived increases in care costs depresses women's labor supply, while actual market prices exhibit a curvilinear effect on women's employment.
Publication Name: Social Science Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0049-089X
Year: 1995
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