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Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain
This paper monitors poverty in Britain and critiques the government's response.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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2011
Life on a Low Income
This paper examines the nature and characteristics of the low-income lifestyle, and also looks at the impact of unemployment and poverty on family life and relationships.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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June 01, 1996
The Cost of Children and the Welfare State
This paper discusses the results from a study on the financial cost of children and the welfare, tax provisions, and income support for families with children in the UK.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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December 1995
Lone Mothers, Employment, and Well-Being
This paper examines the causes of economic and material hardship for lone mothers in the UK.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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September 01, 1997
The Long Term Effects for Children of Different Parental Backgrounds
This paper examines the impact of childhood experiences relating to family structure on adulthood views on parenting, family life and expectations, satisfaction, and emotional well-being.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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July 01, 1997
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 1999
This paper summarizes the findings of a larger report on poverty and social exclusion in Britain.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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December 01, 1999
Socio-Economic Disadvantage and Experience in Higher Education
This paper reports on trends in higher education for disadvantaged students, and finds that they are more likely to either not enroll in post-secondary education or to drop out before completing their program.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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May 01, 2003
How Parents Cope Financially on Marriage Breakdown
This paper examines the economic challenges that occur during the period of marriage breakdown, and looks at how spouses make the financial transition.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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April 01, 2000
The Financial Implications For Parents of the Death of a Child
This paper addressess the financial costs and economic hardship that arise from a child's death.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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February 01, 2001
The Characteristics of Mothers Separated from a Young Child
This paper investigates the determinants of maternal absence by examining the characteristics and life situations of mothers who live separately from a young child.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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April 29, 1999
Does the Loss of Welfare Income Increase the Risk of Involvement with the Child Welfare System?
This paper demonstrates that a decline in welfare benefits is associated with an increased likelihood of a family's involvement with the child welfare system.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Joint Center for Poverty Research
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January 01, 1999
Disadvantage Among Families Remaining on Welfare
This paper examines the characteristics of welfare recipients throughout the last decades of the twentieth century, and analyses changes that occurred as a result of the 1996 welfare reforms.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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February 2002
Explaining Why So Many Households Do Not Save
This paper explores household savings in terms of people's conscious decisions to plan for retirement.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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June 2000
Parental Job Loss and Early Adolescent Adjustment in Black and White Families
This study uses data from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey to assess the impact of parental job loss on adolescents' academic achievement, school attendance, and psychological adjustment.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
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February 2002
Income Mobility and Exits from Poverty of American Children, 1970-1992
This paper examines child poverty rates during the 1970s and 1980s and looks at the extent to which children moved into and out of poverty during this period.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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August 1999
Gender Inequality in Poverty in Affluent Nations: The Role of Single Motherhood and the State
This paper discusses gender differences in poverty in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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January 05, 2000
Welfare Reform and Migration: Moving to Benefits; Moving From Restrictions
This report discusses the impact of state differentiated welfare reform policies on the migration patterns of American families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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December 2002
Explaining Child Support Trends: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects
This paper examines trends in the payment of child support between 1967 and 1997.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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January 08, 2002
Before and After Welfare Reform: The Work and Well-Being of Low-Income Single Parent Families
This paper addresses the income, employment characteristics, financial status, and demographic trends in poor homes both before and after welfare reform.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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June 01, 2003
Parental Care: The Latest, Greatest Challenge for Baby Boomers
This article analyzes the baby boomers' challenge: caring for their elderly parents or other loved ones.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Ipsos-Reid
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May 01, 2003
Eradicating Child Poverty in Britain: Welfare Reform and Children since 1997
Child poverty has become a social concern in Great Britain due to the growth of single-parent homes, earning inequalities, and unemployment.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Institute For Fiscal Studies
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May 03, 2001
Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Human Resources Development Canada
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April 01, 2003
The Effect of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the economic outcomes of single-parent families and the growing levels of child poverty over the last several decades.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Heritage Foundation
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April 15, 2002
After-School Programs for Low-Income Children: Promise and Challenges
This article looks at the range of after-school programs available for low-income children and discusses the challenges faced by these programs in terms of finding adequate facilities, staffing, and financing.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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Fall 1999
Programs that Mitigate the Effects of Poverty on Children
This article outlines and assesses six public assistance programs that seek to reduce the impact of poverty on children by ensuring that they have access to such basic essentials as food, education, housing, and health care.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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Summer/Fall 1997
Why So Many Children Are Poor
Since children's economic status is generally dependent on that of their parents, this article looks at factors contributing to adult poverty in order to explain child poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Outcomes for Children: A Study
This article reveals the results of national study to determine how children are affected by policies which put mothers who are on welfare into the workforce.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1997
Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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1992
Who's Wired and Who's Not: Children's Access to and Use of Computer Technology
This article discusses the significant inequalities in computer access among American children, and suggests that schools are in a key position to lessen this discrepancy and promote universal access to computer technology.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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Fall/Winter 2000
Reducing Health Disparities Among Children
This article discusses the benefits and limitations of health insurance for children.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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2003
Which Children are Still Uninsured And Why
This report analyzes recent trends in health insurance coverage and finds that although programs such as Medicaid have successfully increased coverage, about 12% of children remain uninsured.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Future of Children
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2003
Marriage and Economic Well Being: The Economy of the Family Rises or Falls with Marriage
The study ties the continuance of marriage to improved economic circumstances including more wealth and less poverty for families, children, and society.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Family Research Council
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May 2011
Aboriginal education in Quebec: A benchmarking exercise
This article looks at what can be done to address the high drop-out rate among Aboriginal high-school students in Quebec.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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C.D. Howe Institute
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April 2011
Where is the Money Now: The State of Canadian Household Debt as Conditions for Economic Recovery Emerge
This report examines Canadians’ household wealth and indebtedness and explores the average Canadian’s perspective on debt and saving.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Certified General Accountants Association of Canada
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May 2010
Sandbagging the Family: The impact of recession on couple and parenting relationships
This article examines the effects of global recession on the family.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Maxim Institute
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September 15, 2009
Down but Not Out: Reforming Social Assistance Rules that Punish the Poor for Saving
This report addresses Canada's social assistance programs which requrie recipients to liquidate savings before qualifiying for benefits.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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C.D. Howe Institute
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March 2, 2010
Dynamic Benefits Towards welfare that works
This executive summary provides highlights from a report on the rise of poverty and worklessness in the United Kingdom.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Centre for Social Justice
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2009
The Current State of Canadian Family Finances
This annual report examines family finances amid the economic recovery.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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February 2010
The Financial Impact of Student Loans
With increasing postsecondary education costs, more students are relying on student loans to help finance their postsecondary education.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Statistics Canada
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January 2010
Intergenerational Education Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants
This report focuses on the education outcomes of children of immigrants.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Statistics Canada
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October 2008
Work, Income and Material Hardship After Welfare Reform
This report examines the employment trends, income, and material hardship of women who have previously been on welfare.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Gerald Ford School of Public Policy
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October 1999 (Revised January 2000)
Welfare Reform: Adolescent Girls in Transition
This paper looks at the characteristics and outcomes of adolescent girls in welfare-reliant families affected by welfare reforms.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
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June 2002
The Value of Family: Fiscal Benefits of Marriage and Reducing Family Breakdown in New Zealand
This report examines the private and social costs of divorce and family breakdown in New Zealand.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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NZIER, Family First New Zealand
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2008
Five Good Reasons for States to Expand Family Coverage
This paper demonstrates that, despite initiatives to increase the number of people with health insurance, millions of Americans still are not insured.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Families USA
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July 01, 2008
Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Human Resources Development Canada
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June 01, 2003
Child Support Enforcement: Incentives and Well-Being
This study examines the effectiveness of stronger child support enforcement, and assesses the impact of legislation and enforcement policies on the economic well-being of single mothers.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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February 08, 2001
Wealth-Poor Households in the U.S.
This report examines the disadvantages faced by households with a net worth of less than $10 000, describes their characteristics, and seeks to understand what prevents these families from saving money and increasing their assets.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Consumer Federation of America
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May 13, 2002
Beyond Job Search or Basic Education: Rethinking the Role of Skills in Welfare Reform
This paper argues that a combination of skills, training, and job search assistance is the best approach to helping welfare recipients return to and stay at work.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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April 01, 1998
Teens and TANF: How Adolescents Fare Under the Nation’s Welfare Program
This paper describes the history, main provisions, and impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a welfare program focusing on financial assistance and employment for families living in poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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December 01, 2003
Child Support—an Important but Often Overlooked Issue for Low-Income Clients
This article describes the importance of child support, the child support enforcement system, the cooperation requirements for state financial assistance, and the allocation of the collected support.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Centre for Law and Social Policy
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November 01, 2002
A Century of Children's Health and Well-Being
This paper documents the tremendous improvements that have been made to children's health as a result of medical advances over the past century.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Child Trends
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April 01, 2000
Family Ties: Improving Paternity Establishment Practices and Procedures for Low-Income Mothers, Fathers, and Children
This paper discusses the legal context of paternity establishment within the framework of welfare reform in the United States, and examines low-income mothers' and fathers' perspectives on paternity establishment.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Women's Law Center, Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
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2000
The Effect of Child Support and Criminal Justice Systems on Low-Income Noncustodial Parents
This paper discusses the use of the criminal justice system to enforce child support, the impact of incarceration on child support obligations, and the circumstances leading to parental imprisonment, and other difficulties faced by this demographic of fathers.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Family Policy and Practice
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June 2004
Family Structure, Intergenerational Mobility, and the Reproduction of Poverty: Evidence for Increasing Polarization?
This paper looks at the extent to which the intergenerational transmission of poverty and family structure, along with differential fertility, affects historical trends in the distribution of poverty and single-parenthood.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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California Center for Population Research
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October 02, 2003
Father Absence and Youth Incarceration
This study examines the effect of father absence on youths' risk of arrest and incarceration.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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March 01, 2004
The Extent and Consequences of Underemployment in Australia
This paper examines the extent of underemployment in Australia, and its effects on income, welfare reliance, and personal perception of well-being.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
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August 2004
Understanding and Improving Data Quality Relating to Low-Income Households
This paper evaluates the reliability of methods used to collect information about the income and expenditures of low-income families in Australia.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
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July 2003
Connecting Kids to Technology: Challenges and Opportunities
This paper discusses the growing demand for computer literate labour, and emphasizes the importance of ensuring that children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have access to computer skills training.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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June 01, 2002
The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This paper investigates the effects of single parenthood on children’s social and cognitive development, academic achievement, and overall welfare.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Center on Fathers and Families
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August 01, 1995
Work, Welfare, and Family Well-Being
This paper examined how post-welfare employment affects parental self-esteem, parenting skills, health and stress levels.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Mathematica Policy Research
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July 13, 2007
Effects of Child Health on Sources of Public Support
This paper documents the financial hardship experienced by mothers who have children in poor health.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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August 2004
Household Responses to Individual Shocks: Disability and Labor Supply
This article examines the effects that individual shock like jobloss and disability have on the economic wellbeing of households.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network
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May 2009
Low Income Cut-Offs for 2008 and Low Income Measures for 2007.
This publication incorporates a detailed description of how low income cut-offs are updated and how low income measures are decided upon.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Statistics Canada
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June 2009
The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States since 1960
This paper discusses the growth in the number of single-parent families in the United States since the 1960s, and highlights the implications of this for child development, economics, and the moral fabric of society.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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February 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Promoting Fathers' Engagement With Children: Preventive Interventions for Low-Income Families
This study evaluates the impact of three types of programs that aim to enhance father involvement n low-income families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Journal of Marriage and Family
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August 2009
Self-Reported Violent Delinquency and the Influence of School, Neighbourhood and Student Characteristics
This study examined the influence of school, surrounding neighbourhood—defined as the area within one-kilometre of a school—and student characteristics on the likelihood of student violent delinquency.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Statistics Canada
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September 2009
How Different ARE Welfare and Working Families? And Do Those Differences Matter for Children's Achievement
This paper examines differences between welfare reliant, low-income, and middle class families in terms of mental health, time use, household management, spending, parenting, and child achievement.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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May 20, 1998
Fragile Families One Year Later: Oakland California
This paper examines the characteristics of unwed parents in Oakland, California and the degree to which they are economically stable.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Public Policy Institute of California
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October 01, 2002
Death and Divorce: The Long-Term Consequences of Parental Loss on Adolescents
This paper focuses on the impact of parental loss on children's futures by studying both the incomes and the marital and fertility behaviour of adults who, as adolescents, experienced parental divorce.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Statistics Canada
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June 09, 1999
The Effects of Children with Disabilities on Mothers Exits from Welfare
This paper examines the effect of child disability on single mothers' ability to leave welfare and return to work.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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September 20-21, 2001
Barriers to the Employment of Welfare Recipients
This paper studies the extent to which welfare-reliant single mothers experience barriers to employment such as poor physical or mental health, domestic violence, a lack of transportation, low skill, and substance abuse problems.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Population Studies Center
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June 2002
Public Attitudes Toward Low-Income Families and Children: Circumstances Dictate Public Views of Government Assistance
This report discusses recent research about public attitudes toward low-income families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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October 2003
Mothers’ Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health
This paper examines the extent to which unwed mothers' ability to work is affected by poor child health.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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December 01, 2003
Child Support Distribution and Disbursement
This report reviews the changes to child support distribution that came as a result of the 1996 welfare reform laws in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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October 01, 2000
Low-Income Fathers and Child Support: Starting Off on the Right Track
This paper examines the importance of child support in single-parent families, major problems of the child support system, and ways in which state programs can improve the situation.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Policy Studies Inc.
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January 01, 2003
Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
This study compares the outcomes of teenage mothers to those who became pregnant as teenagers, miscarried, and delayed childbearing until adulthood.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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August 1999
Every Door Closed: Facts about Parents with Criminal Records
This series of fact sheets provides information about parents with criminal records, the many barriers they face in rebuilding their lives, the impact parental criminality has on children, and what can be done to help.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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2003
Poverty, Parenting, Peers and Crime-Prone Neighbourhoods
This paper examines how parenting and peer relationships contribute to youth crime by acting as mediators between economic hardship and delinquency.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Australian Institute of Criminology
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April 01, 1998
Life Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses
This study discusses the policy of denying welfare benefits to women released from prison after incarceration for a drug offence, and examines the impact that this has on their families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Sentencing Project
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February 01, 2002
Family Poverty in Canada: Raising incomes and strengthening families
The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent history and impact of poverty on Canadian families, to identify which family groups are most at risk and to offer solutions which both reduce poverty and strengthen the family unit in this country.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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September 1, 2007
Breakthrough Britain: Economic Dependence and Worklessness (ie: Unemployment)
This continuation of the Breakthrough Britain series examines the situation in Britain with respect to unemployment (which the report calls worklessness) and unemployment benefits.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Centre for Social Justice
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July 2007
Child Poverty Profile 1998
This report offers a statistical analysis of child poverty in Canada in 1998 as compared to previous years, and considers various factors associated with child poverty.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Council of Welfare
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2000
Poverty and Child Well-Being in Canada and the United States: Does it Matter How We Measure Poverty?
This paper examines the ways in which different poverty measurement techniques affect our understanding of the scope and nature of child poverty and well-being in Canada and the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Human Resources Development Canada
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September 01, 2000
The Value of Family: Fiscal Benefits of Marriage and Reducing Family Breakdown in New Zealand
This report examines the private and social costs of divorce and family breakdown in New Zealand.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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NZIER, Family First New Zealand
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2008
The Welfare Enigma: Explaining the Dramatic Decline in Canadian’s Use of Social Assistance, 1993-2005
This paper uses nationwide empirical evidence to determine the factors behind a decline in the use of social assistance in Canada from 1993 to 2005.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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C.D. Howe Institute
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June 2008
Breakdown Britain: Indebtedness
A 2006 State of the Nation report which studies the state of indebtedness of British society, examining levels of debt and how this debt affects low inome families and society at large.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Cente for Social Justice
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December 14, 2006
Breakthrough Britain: Serious Personal Debt
This 2007 British State of the Nation report offers policy alternatives to change the culture of Britain with respect to peronal debt.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Centre for Social Justice
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July 2007
Welfare Reform: What About the Children?
This paper explores the development and behaviour of children on welfare.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Johns Hopkins University
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January 2002
Father Absence and Child Well-being: A Critical Review
This paper investigates the relationship between father absence and child outcomes, including academic performance, levels of educational attainment, psychological well-being, behaviour, and early life transitions.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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November 2002
Earnings of Black and White Youth and Their Relation to Poverty
This paper examines the relationship between family poverty and youth employment for black and white families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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August 01, 1997
Children of Immigrants: A Statistical Profile
This report discusses the economic hardships of immigrant children in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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September 2002
Children in Immigrant Families: U.S. and State-Level Findings From the 2000 Census
This paper uses data from the 2000 US census to provide an overview of the characteristics and well-being of children who live in immigrant families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Population Reference Bureau
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January 2005
Geography of Low-Income Children and Families
This paper looks at the impact that geographic location has on the changing demographics of child poverty in the United States.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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November 01, 2003
Does Policy Affect Outcomes for Young Children? An Analysis with International Microdata
This paper examines the hypothesis that outcomes for children are impacted by micro-level socioeconomic conditions, social context, and social policy.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Human Resources Development Canada
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August 01, 1999
Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper discusses the importance of and challenges to promoting marriage in low-income communities, with a particular focus on the situation among urban African-Americans.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Resource Center on Couples and Marriage Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy
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2002
A Comparison of Rural and Urban Workers Living in Low-Income
This article compares the characteristics of the Canada’s urban and rural low-income families.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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The Rural Secretariat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agriculture Division of Statistics Canada
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January 2008
Déjà Vu: Family Homelessness in New York City
This report examines the characteristics of children and families who enter shelter services in New York City.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Institute for Children and Poverty/Homes for the Homeless
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April 2001
The Effect of Labor Market Changes from the Early 1970s to the Late 1980s on Youth Wage, Earnings, and Household Economic Position
This paper looks at the employment outcomes of high- and low-skilled youth in different economic periods.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1998
Stress In America
This survey explored the amount and type of stress Americans experience as well as its effects on their health, work and relationships.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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American Psychological Association
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October 24, 2007
Changes in Poverty Status and Developmental Behaviors: A Comparison of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Children in Canada
Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this study examines how immigrant and non-immigrant family pathways and child development (ages 4 to 11) are affected by family income.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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Human Resources Development Canada
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August 01, 2000
Children of Recent Immigrants: National and Regional Trends
This report analyses national US trends in the well-being and characteristics of children born to recent immigrants.
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Category:
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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December 2004
The State of Religion and Public Life
This presenter rebuts many of the claims made against government funding for services run by faith-based organizations, such ...
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