Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Outcomes for Children: A Study.

Moore, Kristin A.; Driscoll, Anne K.

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ERIC Number: EJ553158

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Outcomes for Children: A Study.

Moore, Kristin A.; Driscoll, Anne K.

Future of Children, v7 n1 p122-27 Spr 1997

Presents results of a study using national survey data that indicates that maternal employment in families that had previously received welfare does not hurt children's social or cognitive development and may improve their situations. Outcomes were better for those whose mothers earned higher wages. (SLD)

Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Children, Employment Patterns, Mothers, Poverty, Social Problems, Urban Youth, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform, Working Poor

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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