ERIC Number: EJ641792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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Welfare Reforms and Employment of Single Mothers: Are Rural Areas Keeping Pace?
Lerman, Robert I.; McKernan, Signe-Mary; Pindus, Nancy
Rural America, v16 n3 p22-27 Fall 2001
The 1996 welfare reforms narrowed rural-urban differences in employment for both less-educated and more-educated single mothers, and raised the employment rate of single mothers, overall and for all racial/ethnic groups except nonmetro Hispanics. These findings suggest that the aggregate effects of obstacles to employment are no greater in nonmetro areas. (TD)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Fatherless Family, Labor Market, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Service Occupations, Unskilled Workers, Welfare Reform
For full text: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ruralamerica/ra163/.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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