Seefeldt, Kristin S.

Working after Welfare How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform / Kristin S. Seefeldt. - 1 online resource (xii, 171 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-162) and index.

Moving from welfare to work -- Six years later, how are former welfare recipients faring in the labor market? -- Up the ladder, down the ladder, or stuck on the same rung? -- Peeking inside the "black box" of employment transitions -- What working mothers want -- Challenges to advancement among former welfare recipients -- Policies to bring work and family back into balance.

Open Access

9780880994392 0880994398




Public welfare--United States.
Working mothers--United States.
Welfare recipients--United States.


Electronic books.

HV91 / .S315 2008

306.3/6