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Download full textDuncan, Greg J.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay – 2000
This paper examines conflicting evidence regarding the impacts of welfare reform on children's wellbeing. Research shows that poverty rates, teen crime and fertility, and child maltreatment are down. Lack of appropriate state-level data on indicators of child wellbeing precludes serious analysis of the role of welfare reform for most indicators.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Health, Children
Duncan, Greg J.; Wei-Jun, Yeung J. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Examines the consequences for children of life in families that receive at least part of their income from welfare. Suggests these children appear to complete less schooling, even after adjustment for other differences between recipient and nonrecipient families. Low family income and maternal employment are also found to reduce completed…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
