Despite high inflation, the real gross hourly wages of employees grew by around 15 percent from 1995 to 2022. In particular, the lowest wage decile caught back up to all other deciles following a sharp drop in real wages. At the same time, the low-wage sector has shrunk by nearly five percentage...

Eine steuerliche Besserstellung von Alleinerziehenden streben in ihren Anträgen im schleswig-holsteinischen Landtag sowohl CDU und Grüne als auch FDP an. Gleichzeitig ist dieses Ziel auch im Koalitionsvertrag zwischen Union und SPD auf Bundesebene verankert, wonach eine Anhebung oder...

Eine steuerliche Besserstellung von Alleinerziehenden streben in ihren Anträgen im schleswig-holsteinischen Landtag sowohl CDU und Grüne als auch FDP an. Gleichzeitig ist dieses Ziel auch im Koalitionsvertrag zwischen Union und SPD auf Bundesebene verankert, wonach eine Anhebung oder...

Alleinerziehende müssen die Doppelbelastung bewältigen, ohne Unterstützung eines Partners im Haushalt für den Familienunterhalt und die Kinderbetreuung zu sorgen, weshalb sie als Bevölkerungsgruppe mit besonderem sozialpolitischen Unterstützungsbedarf gelten. Rund ein Drittel der...

Frauen, die nach Deutschland geflüchtet sind, leben hier in unterschiedlichen Haushaltskonstellationen: Viele wohnen mit Partner und mit Kindern zusammen, etliche ohne diese oder sie sind alleinerziehend. Ergebnisse der IAB-BAMFSOEP- Befragung von Geflüchteten für die Jahre 2016 bis 2021...

Single mothers have experienced increasing work requirements both in the UK and in other developed countries. Little is known how increasing working hours may have affected their mental health. We investigate the impact of increasing working hours on mental health of single mothers, and compare...

Alleinerziehende müssen die Doppelbelastung bewältigen, ohne Unterstützung eines Partners im Haushalt für den Familienunterhalt und die Kinderbetreuung zu sorgen, weshalb sie als Bevölkerungsgruppe mit besonderem sozialpolitischen Unterstützungsbedarf gelten. Rund ein Drittel der...

This study evaluates the lived experiences of single mothers involved in informal trading in the high density suburb of Mabvuku at the height of Covid-19 induced lockdowns. Using a mixed methodology with a slant towards qualitative enquiry, the study employed focus group discussions, document...

In this paper we evaluate experimentally the impacts of a parenting program delivered virtually to 1,431 families with children ages 2-6 years old in Serbia. We compare two program modalities to a control group. In the first (standard) modality, only the main caregiver - mainly mothers -...

This study was conducted in Malaysia to examine the effectiveness of the microfinance programme for urban single mother entrepreneurs in MSMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order (MCO). Implemented as a response to the pandemic, the MCO significantly disrupted businesses,...

Lone parent families are consistently identified among those most at risk of poverty and deprivation in Irish society, which causes the members of these families short- and long-term harm. In this study we draw on the Growing Up in Ireland study (GUI) 08 Cohort, using four waves of data from...

Grundsicherungsbeziehende sind verpflichtet, regelmäßigen Einladungen zu Beratungs- und Vermittlungsgesprächen im Jobcenter nachzukommen, Suchaktivitäten nachzuweisen, Vermittlungsvorschlägen zu folgen oder an Maßnahmen zur Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit oder zur Eingliederung in...

The study aims to provide a comprehensive policy review by analyzing the effects of the legislation on various dimensions of single-parent households' well-being. The study assessed the implementation of the Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act, its effectiveness in providing support to single...

Children of single mothers face higher rates of poverty than children in two-parent households in practically every affluent democracy. While this difference is widely acknowledged, there is little consensus regarding the causes of their poverty and, as a result, little consensus on the best way...

Extended-family households are a common arrangement among single mothers in various countries. Using Luxembourg Income Study data from waves 2014-2019, we study child support receipt among single mothers living in extended-family households in Chile, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, the...

Grundsicherungsbeziehende sind verpflichtet, regelmäßigen Einladungen zu Beratungs- und Vermittlungsgesprächen im Jobcenter nachzukommen, Suchaktivitäten nachzuweisen, Vermittlungsvorschlägen zu folgen oder an Maßnahmen zur Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit oder zur Eingliederung in...

The aim of this paper is to assess how mothers’ education affects their experience of motherhood and parenthood. The selected topic is based on the theoretical views of selected authors who deal with the issue of motivation and experience of maternity and parental leave. The core of the paper...

Are individuals living in distinct urban or rural settings more likely to experience barriers to social inclusion? If so, what are the nature of the barriers that they face? Using a unique administrative dataset for Ireland's dominant social inclusion programme, this paper examines the effect of...

Single parenthood is on the rise worldwide. While acceptance of single-parent households is increasing, some authors point out that single-parent families still suffer from negative societal attitudes compared to heterosexual two-parent families, while also being among the most vulnerable groups...

This study set out to understand the poverty risks of single parents in the context of the rise of the dual-earner household. Data from the LIS database were used to analyze individuals and households from 18 OECD countries in the period 1984 to 2010. There were to main findings. The first is...

This study set out to understand the poverty risks of single parents in the context of the rise of the dual-earner household. Data from the LIS database were used to analyze individuals and households from 18 OECD countries in the period 1984 to 2010. There were to main findings. The first is...

This study examines how earnings penalties to motherhood combine with the cost of partner absence to affect single mothers' economic well-being. Using 25-years of longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) from 1990 to 2015 and fixed-effect models with individual-specific...

The main objective of this analysis is to demonstrate that some of the limitations that have characterized recent studies of the relationship between marital status and health outcomes may result in biased estimates of marital status differences in mortality among the elderly. A secondary goal...

This paper is the first to examine changes in poverty over time using a comprehensive set of linked survey and administrative data, implementing recommendations of the Interagency Technical Working Group on Evaluating Alternative Measures of Poverty. Using the Comprehensive Income Dataset (CID),...

Previous research has shown single mothers to be less well-off and at higher risk of poverty than mothers in couples. In this article, I extend current research by examining how single motherhood affects income at different quantiles of the distribution in twelve rich nations. Using harmonised...