Moving Up, Moving Out, or Going Nowhere? A Study of the Employment Patterns of Young Women and the Implications for Welfare Mothers

By Ladonna Pavetti, G. Acs. 2001

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Work, Income, and Material Hardship after Welfare Reform. (2000, background): “Also, wages are low among welfare recipients, and recent research suggests that their wages grow over time, but only for the minority of former recipients who established regular, stable full time work patterns (Corcoran et al., forthcoming; Pavetti & Acs, 1996).”
Poverty and the American Family: A Decade in Review (2010, background): “Health problems (both maternal and child) predicted the likelihood and rapidity of TANF exits and return, employment and income levels, and odds of sustaining economic progress over time (Brandon, Hofferth, & Hogan, 2008; Corcoran et al., 2004; Nam; Wood, Moore, & Rangarajan, 2008).”
The road to economic self-sufficiency: Job quality and job transition patterns after welfare reform (2003, background): “low-paying and part-time jobs will eventually move up to higher-paying and fulltime jobs (Pavetti and Acs, 2001).”