Laurie C Maldonado

Biographic Data

ID333130
NAMELaurie C Maldonado
GIVEN NAMESLaurie C
FAMILY NAMEMaldonado
SIGNATUREMALDONADO L C
AFFILIATIONSLocal Initiatives Support Corporation
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS85
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Single-Parent Families and Public Policy in High-Income Countries

    Open AccessJanet C Gornick, Laurie C Maldonado et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2022Cited by: 2References: 14

    single-parent families; U.S. policy; high-income countries; economic well-being; lesson drawing

  • Effective Policies for Single-Parent Families and Prospects for Policy Reforms in the United States

    Open AccessJanet C Gornick, Laurie C Maldonado et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2022References: 31

    This conclusion engages two questions catalyzed by the articles in this volume. First, which policies are effective in reducing economic hardship among single-parent families overall and minimizing disparities across subgroups? Second, what are the prospects for related reforms in the United States? We draw four lessons from the articles in this volume and from prior research about effective policy design: (1) work-family reconciliation policies …

  • Dual-Earner Family Policies at Work for Single-Parent Families

    Open AccessLaurie C Maldonado, Rense NieuwenhuisCHAPTERThe Palgrave Handbook of Family…2020

    This chapter sets out to examine how family policies differently affect the poverty rate of single-parent families versus couples with children and also probes whether or not there is a premium—or penalty—for single parents. This is based on a literature review and analysis of a number of comparative family policy data infrastructures. Although single parents were found to benefit from child income support, parental leave, and ECEC, important dif…

  • The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families

    Open AccessRense Nieuwenhuis, Laurie C MaldonadoEDITORBOOKThe Triple Bind of Single-Parent…2018

    His research interests include comparative welfare

  • Single-parent families and in-work poverty

    Rense Nieuwenhuis, Laurie C MaldonadoCHAPTERHandbook on in-Work Poverty2018

    Single-parent families face unique challenges when it comes to in-work poverty. Without a second caregiver and earner, single parents have to compete with dual-earner couples for their position in the earnings distribution. Facing precarious employment and gendered wage inequality, single-parent families face a high risk of experiencing poverty even when they are working. This chapter presents empirical evidence on in-work poverty and inadequate …

  • Prepare versus Repair? Combining parental leave and family allowances for social investment against single-parent poverty

    Rense Nieuwenhuis, Laurie C MaldonadoPREPRINT2016

    Social investment is an emerging paradigm for European welfare states, often described as an abandonment of tax-benefit systems with generous income ‘transfers’ in favour of ‘in-kind’ policies and services.The position of single-parent families directly relates to one of the major critiques of the social investment strategy. Despite efforts to improve employment and make work pay to prevent poverty, European welfare states have witnessed disappoi…

  • Family policies and single parent poverty in 18 OECD countries, 1978-2008

    Laurie C Maldonado, Rense NieuwenhuisARTICLECommunity Work & Family2015Cited by: 83References: 30

    This study examined to what extent family policies differently affect poverty among single-parent households and two-parent households. We distinguished between reconciliation policies (tested with parental leave and the proportion of unpaid leave) and financial support policies (tested with family allowances). We used data from the Luxembourg Income Study Database, covering 519,825 households in 18 OECD countries from 1978 to 2008, combined with…