| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Penn State University family issues symposia series
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Penn State University family issues symposia series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. How has the availability, content, and stability of the jobs available for the working poor changed in recent decades? The low-wage labor market : trends and policy implications / Jared Bernstein -- Labor market and family trends and public policy responses / Paula England -- Beyond low wages : underemployment in America / Leif Jensen and Timothy Slack -- Changing families, shifting economic fortunes, and meeting basic needs / Lynne M. Casper and Rosalind B. King -- pt. 2. What features of work timing matter for families? Employment in a 24-7 economy : challenges for the family / Harriet B. Presser -- The time and timing of work : unique challenges facing low-income families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- Exploring process and control in families working nonstandard schedules / Kerry Daly -- Using daily diaries to assess temporal friction between work and family / David M. Almeida -- pt. 3. How are the childcare needs of low-income families being met? Childcare for low-income families : problems and promises / Aletha C. Huston -- The crisis of care / Barrie Thorne -- Childcare as a work support, a child-focused intervention, and a job / C. Cybele Raver -- Childcare for low-income families : problems and promise / Martha Zaslow -- pt. 4. How are the challenges of managing work and family experienced by low-income men and women? "Making a way out of no way" : how mothers meet basic family needs while moving from welfare to work / Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Kathryn Edin, Andrew London, Ellen Scott, and Vicki Hunter -- Should promoting marriage be the next stage of welfare reform? / Benjamin R. Karney and Shauna H. Springer -- Making our way together : collaboration in the move from welfare to work / Lynne A. Bond and Amy M. Carmola Hauf -- The growing compliance burden for recipients of public assistance / Andrew J. Cherlin -- Balancing work and family : problems and solutions for low-income families / Daniel N. Hawkins and Shawn D. Whiteman. |
| Summary |
The area of work and family is a hot topic in the social sciences and appeals to scholars in a wide range of disciplines. There are few edited volumes in this area, however, and this may be the only one that focuses on low-income families--a particularly. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Work and family -- United States.
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Work and family. |
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United States. |
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Working poor -- United States.
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Working poor. |
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Working poor -- Government policy -- United States.
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Working poor -- Government policy. |
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Poor children -- Services for -- United States.
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Poor children -- Services for. |
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Poor children. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Booth, Alan, 1935-2015.
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Crouter, Ann C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Work-family challenges for low-income parents and their children. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004 080584600X 0805850775 (DLC) 2003049525 (OCoLC)53045380 |
| ISBN |
1410609758 (electronic book) |
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9781410609755 (electronic book) |
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080584600X (casebound ; alkaline paper) |
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0805850775 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1306573998 |
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9781135623371 |
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1135623376 |
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9781306573993 |
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