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The impact of welfare reform on parents' ability to care for their children's health.

Author(s) -

Jody Heymann,

Alison Earle

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.4.502

Subject(s) - welfare , welfare reform , sick leave , flexibility (engineering) , work (physics) , national longitudinal surveys , single mothers , health care , demographic economics , psychology , medicine , gerontology , developmental psychology , labour economics , economic growth , economics , mechanical engineering , management , engineering , market economy

Most of the national policy debate regarding welfare assumed that if middle-income mothers could balance work while caring for their children's health and development, mothers leaving welfare for work should be able to do so as well. Yet, previous research has not examined the conditions faced by mothers leaving welfare for work.

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