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Direct linkBlau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Waldfogel, Jane – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
This paper uses data from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 Censuses to investigate the impact of welfare benefits across Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) on the incidence of single motherhood and headship for young women. A contribution of the paper is the inclusion of both MSA fixed effects and MSA-specific time trends to account for fixed and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Welfare Services, Mothers, Fatherless Family
Hayes, Elisabeth; Way, Wendy – Journal of Education and Work, 2003
This study investigated how African American women from low-income, single-parent female-headed households conceptualize work and transitions to work, and how these conceptualizations relate to the dominant discourse of work underlying policies and practices in education-for-work. The study used the construct of cultural models as a conceptual…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Low Income Groups, African Americans, Mothers
Leech, Irene E., Ed. – Consumer Interests Annual, 1999
This document contains 4 invited papers, 21 refereed papers, 15 reports accompanying refereed posters, 8 reports from invited paper sessions, and 4 reports from invited panel sessions. Selected papers are as follows: "Managed Care Benefits Consumers" (Smith); "The Paradox of Managed Care" (Lieberman); "How Much Is Enough:…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Case Studies, Consumer Economics
Download full textKimmel, Jessica C., Comp. – 1998
Among 51 papers and 3 symposia are the following: "Learning What?" (Andruske); "Stories Adult Learners Tell" (Armstrong); "Towards a Pedagogy for Disempowering Our Enemies" (Baptiste); "Teaching Scholarly Writing to Doctoral Students" (Barnett et al.); "The Outcomes and Impact of Adult Literacy Education" (Beder); "A Feminist Critique of Human…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
