Failing the Transition from Welfare to Work: Women Chronically Disconnected from Employment and Cash Welfare

Although employment among welfare mothers increased substantially following the 1996 welfare reform, some former welfare recipients failed to find stable employment. We review the extent to which low-income mothers are without work and cash welfare for long periods of time and seek to understand the correlates of becoming chronically disconnected. Copyright (c) 2006 Southwestern Social Science Association.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Turner, Lesley J. ; Danziger, Sheldon ; Seefeldt, Kristin S.
Published in:	Social Science Quarterly. - Southwestern Social Science Association, ISSN 0038-4941. - Vol. 87.2006, 2, p. 227-249
Publisher:	Southwestern Social Science Association

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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