Making it work
Subtitle: low-wage employment, family life, and child development
By: Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe, editors.
Contributors: Yoshikawa, Hirokazu.; Weisner, Thomas S., 1943-; Lowe, Edward D.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780871549723
Subjects: Minimum wage -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Longitudinal studies; Working poor -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Longitudinal studies; Family -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Longitudinal studies; Child development -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Longitudinal studies
Genres: Longitudinal studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-412) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pathways through low-wage work; title: Pathways through low-wage work : do they matter for children's development?; title: How mothers in New Hope experienced job quality; title: Mothers at work in a 24-7 economy : exploring implications for family and child well-being; title: Discrimination in the low-wage workplace : the unspoken barrier to employment; title: "I want what everybody wants" : goals, values, and work in the lives of New Hope families; title: What earnings and income buy : the "basics" plus "a little extra"; title: Can money buy you love? Dynamic employment characteristics, the New Hope program and entry into marriage; title: Child care and low-wage employment; title: Informal social support, well-being, and employment pathways of low-income mothers; title: Do formal work support services work? Experiences of the New Hope and Wisconsin works (W-2) programs.