Jennifer L Romich
Biographic Data
| ID | 121187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer L Romich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer L |
| FAMILY NAME | Romich |
| SIGNATURE | ROMICH J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jennifer L. Romich is with the School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The U.S. Safety Net since the Great Recession
The negative impacts of the Great Recession (GR) (2007 to 2009) on the lives of families with low incomes warrant social work concerns about how well antipoverty policy responded to meet economic needs over this period and since. Given America's long-standing tension between welfare state adequacy and market-oriented policies, how well did the safety net respond to the economic downturn? Did GR-era changes reverse or accelerate trends in public a…
Local mandate improves equity of paid sick leave coverage
Absent a federal policy, local paid sick time mandates can increase paid sick leave coverage, an important social determinant of health
The impact of income on reunification among families with children in out-of-home care
Is Raising the Minimum Wage a Good Idea? Evidence and Implications for Social Work
When considering policy options to reduce poverty and income inequality, social work scholars and practitioners endorse the seemingly obvious solution of raising the minimum wage. In coalition with other progressive advocates, social workers campaign for higher wage floors (National Association of Social Workers [NASW], 2014), a call echoed by scholars writing in this journal and others (for example, Goldberg, 2012; Lim et al., 2014; Siegel & Abb…
Trajectories of Economic Disconnection among Families in the Child Welfare System
This study examined economic disconnection, an extreme case of economic exclusion in which families lack both employment and cash assistance, among families in the child welfare system. We hypothesized that child welfare intervention has the potential to be a mechanism of economic inclusion or exclusion for vulnerable families, with implications for family reunification. We utilized a novel administrative dataset containing data from three state …
Paid Leave Mandates May Fail to Reach Part-Time Workers
Independence Giving or Autonomy Taking? Childhood Predictors of Decision‐Sharing Patterns Between Young Adolescents and Parents
This article reports on a study of whether young adolescents make decisions autonomously, share decisions with their parents, or have decisions made for them by parents. Using a sample of 2,632 12-and 13-year-olds from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child Survey we examine how childhood behavior and competence influence decision patterns in young adolescence. Individual models are used to test whether traits predict decision patte…
Sharing the Work
This manuscript reports on a study of how low-income employed single mothers and young adolescents manage household daily life. Analysis is based on longitudinal ethnographic data collected from families of 35 young adolescents over 3 years following the 1996 welfare reforms. Although mothers worked, young adolescents spent time unsupervised, performed household chores, and provided child care for younger siblings. Mother-youth relationships mark…
Difficult Calculations
Means‐tested benefits and progressive tax measures are intended to support low‐income working families, but they often create high effective marginal tax rates (MTRs). Low‐wage workers who increase the number of hours at work or accept raises may find that increased earnings are partially, fully, or more than offset by decreased benefits or increased tax liability. Using longitudinal ethnographic data from 40 families, this study shows how famili…
Special Reviewers
Difficult Calculations
Means‐tested benefits and progressive tax measures are intended to support low‐income working families, but they often create high effective marginal tax rates (MTRs). Low‐wage workers who increase the number of hours at work or accept raises may find that increased earnings are partially, fully, or more than offset by decreased benefits or increased tax liability. Using longitudinal ethnographic data from 40 families, this study shows how famili…
Trajectories of Economic Disconnection among Families in the Child Welfare System
This study examined economic disconnection, an extreme case of economic exclusion in which families lack both employment and cash assistance, among families in the child welfare system. We hypothesized that child welfare intervention has the potential to be a mechanism of economic inclusion or exclusion for vulnerable families, with implications for family reunification. We utilized a novel administrative dataset containing data from three state …
Sharing the Work
This manuscript reports on a study of how low-income employed single mothers and young adolescents manage household daily life. Analysis is based on longitudinal ethnographic data collected from families of 35 young adolescents over 3 years following the 1996 welfare reforms. Although mothers worked, young adolescents spent time unsupervised, performed household chores, and provided child care for younger siblings. Mother-youth relationships mark…
Is Raising the Minimum Wage a Good Idea? Evidence and Implications for Social Work
When considering policy options to reduce poverty and income inequality, social work scholars and practitioners endorse the seemingly obvious solution of raising the minimum wage. In coalition with other progressive advocates, social workers campaign for higher wage floors (National Association of Social Workers [NASW], 2014), a call echoed by scholars writing in this journal and others (for example, Goldberg, 2012; Lim et al., 2014; Siegel & Abb…
Independence Giving or Autonomy Taking? Childhood Predictors of Decision‐Sharing Patterns Between Young Adolescents and Parents
This article reports on a study of whether young adolescents make decisions autonomously, share decisions with their parents, or have decisions made for them by parents. Using a sample of 2,632 12-and 13-year-olds from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child Survey we examine how childhood behavior and competence influence decision patterns in young adolescence. Individual models are used to test whether traits predict decision patte…
The U.S. Safety Net since the Great Recession
The negative impacts of the Great Recession (GR) (2007 to 2009) on the lives of families with low incomes warrant social work concerns about how well antipoverty policy responded to meet economic needs over this period and since. Given America's long-standing tension between welfare state adequacy and market-oriented policies, how well did the safety net respond to the economic downturn? Did GR-era changes reverse or accelerate trends in public a…
The impact of income on reunification among families with children in out-of-home care
Paid Leave Mandates May Fail to Reach Part-Time Workers
Special Reviewers
Difficult Calculations
Means‐tested benefits and progressive tax measures are intended to support low‐income working families, but they often create high effective marginal tax rates (MTRs). Low‐wage workers who increase the number of hours at work or accept raises may find that increased earnings are partially, fully, or more than offset by decreased benefits or increased tax liability. Using longitudinal ethnographic data from 40 families, this study shows how famili…
Sharing the Work
This manuscript reports on a study of how low-income employed single mothers and young adolescents manage household daily life. Analysis is based on longitudinal ethnographic data collected from families of 35 young adolescents over 3 years following the 1996 welfare reforms. Although mothers worked, young adolescents spent time unsupervised, performed household chores, and provided child care for younger siblings. Mother-youth relationships mark…
Independence Giving or Autonomy Taking? Childhood Predictors of Decision‐Sharing Patterns Between Young Adolescents and Parents
This article reports on a study of whether young adolescents make decisions autonomously, share decisions with their parents, or have decisions made for them by parents. Using a sample of 2,632 12-and 13-year-olds from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child Survey we examine how childhood behavior and competence influence decision patterns in young adolescence. Individual models are used to test whether traits predict decision patte…
Paid Leave Mandates May Fail to Reach Part-Time Workers
Trajectories of Economic Disconnection among Families in the Child Welfare System
This study examined economic disconnection, an extreme case of economic exclusion in which families lack both employment and cash assistance, among families in the child welfare system. We hypothesized that child welfare intervention has the potential to be a mechanism of economic inclusion or exclusion for vulnerable families, with implications for family reunification. We utilized a novel administrative dataset containing data from three state …
Local mandate improves equity of paid sick leave coverage
Absent a federal policy, local paid sick time mandates can increase paid sick leave coverage, an important social determinant of health
The impact of income on reunification among families with children in out-of-home care
Is Raising the Minimum Wage a Good Idea? Evidence and Implications for Social Work
When considering policy options to reduce poverty and income inequality, social work scholars and practitioners endorse the seemingly obvious solution of raising the minimum wage. In coalition with other progressive advocates, social workers campaign for higher wage floors (National Association of Social Workers [NASW], 2014), a call echoed by scholars writing in this journal and others (for example, Goldberg, 2012; Lim et al., 2014; Siegel & Abb…
The U.S. Safety Net since the Great Recession
The negative impacts of the Great Recession (GR) (2007 to 2009) on the lives of families with low incomes warrant social work concerns about how well antipoverty policy responded to meet economic needs over this period and since. Given America's long-standing tension between welfare state adequacy and market-oriented policies, how well did the safety net respond to the economic downturn? Did GR-era changes reverse or accelerate trends in public a…
Economics (6 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Work (physics (3 works)