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Author: Marmer, Jeremy K.
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Harris, Kathleen Mullan Guo, Guang Marmer, Jeremy K. |
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Consequences of Maternal Employment and Welfare Receipt for Children in Poor Families Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Children, Well-Being; Employment; Income; Maternal Employment; Modeling; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Poverty; Siblings; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the inter-relationships among mother's work, poverty, and child well-being using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). We first trace the complex and dynamic patterns of work and welfare receipt among mothers over time since the child's birth and then examine the implications of mothers' different economic strategies for the well-being of children. One of the important contributions of our work involves the careful longitudinal modeling of the effects of work and welfare receipt and disentangling their effects from the effects of income We also examine potential selection bias of mothers' work and welfare choices by comparing OLS models with fixed effects models using child siblings as the unit of observation. Findings have important implications for welfare reform proposals calling for more stringent work obligations of welfare mothers without any understanding of the consequences for children. |
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Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Guang Guo and Jeremy K. Marmer. "Consequences of Maternal Employment and Welfare Receipt for Children in Poor Families." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996. |
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Marmer, Jeremy K. |
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Differential Outcomes Among Children Raised in Different Types of Single Mother Families Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Behavioral Problems; Cognitive Ability; Family Circumstances, Changes in; Family Structure; Family Studies; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Marital Status; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Evidence that children living in the single-parent family structure set generally are worse off than children from intact two-parent families has been well documented. This research examines young children living in different types of single-mother families using the NLSY. First I explore the differences and similarities among these groups of children in terms of behavior problems (BPI) and cognitive ability and achievement (PPVT, PIAT Math and Reading). Using the same outcomes, I examine the impact of stability and change in family structure on these children. Results indicate that complex measures of family structure are likely to be unwarranted. Selection of mothers into various marital states accounts for most differences in child outcomes. The mediating role of parenting practices are explored using the HOME scale. |
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Bibliography Citation
Marmer, Jeremy K. "Differential Outcomes Among Children Raised in Different Types of Single Mother Families." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997. |