Making it work : low-wage employment, family life, and child development / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe, editors.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2006.
Description
xiii, 427 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-412) and index.
    Contents
    • Pathways through low-wage work
    • Pathways through low-wage work matter for children's development?
    • Job quality among low-income mothers : experiences and associations with children's development
    • Mothers at work in a 24-7 economy : exploring implications for family and child well-being
    • Discrimination in the low-wage workplace : the unspoken barrier to employment
    • "I want what everybody wants" : goals, values, and work in the lives of New Hope families
    • What earnings and income buy : the "basics" plus "a little extra" : implications for family and child well-being
    • Can money buy you love? Dynamic employment characteristics, the New Hope project, and entry into marriage
    • Child care and low-wage employment
    • The informal social support, well-being, and employment pathways of low-income mothers
    • Do formal work support services work? Experiences of the New Hope project and the Wisconsin works programs.
    ISBN
    • 0871549727
    • 9780871549723
    LCCN
    2006016173
    OCLC
    69593903
    International Article Number
    • 9780871549723
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