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WORK INCENTIVES AND SOLE MOTHERS: COMPARING AUSTRALIAN POLICY
Author(s) -
Evans Patricia M
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1993.tb00932.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , poverty , publishing , context (archaeology) , incentive , work (physics) , political science , perspective (graphical) , heading (navigation) , economic growth , sociology , economics , geography , engineering , law , geodesy , mechanical engineering , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , microeconomics
This article adopts a comparative perspective on policies to increase labour force participation of single mothers. Australia's orientation is briefly explored within the context of other major English‐speaking countries (the United States, Britain and Canada), and the common emphasis in the policies on providing employment services and reducing poverty traps for Australia and Canada's largest province (Ontario) is then examined. While the potential of these approaches to increase labour force participation is found to be limited, the comparison suggests that Canada would do well to follow some of the recent anti‐poverty measures Australia has adopted. Australia, however, appears to offer a less favourable employment climate for women. The article concludes that both jurisdictions will need to pursue a broader set of policies to respond to the root causes of poverty among women heading families on their own.