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Download full textMorris, Pamela A.; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Duncan, Greg J. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2005
Over the past 30 years, welfare and other public programs for poor families have focused increasingly on promoting parents' self-sufficiency by requiring and supporting employment. Evidence from a diverse set of random-assignment experiments now reveals some of the conditions under which promoting work among low-income, single parents helps or…
Descriptors: Young Children, Low Income Groups, Employment Programs, Welfare Services
