Shirley L Zimmerman

Biographic Data

ID89251
NAMEShirley L Zimmerman
GIVEN NAMESShirley L
FAMILY NAMEZimmerman
SIGNATUREZIMMERMAN S L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Minnesota
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX2

  • Reflections on Political Science, Demography, and Family Policy

    Open AccessShirley L ZimmermanARTICLEJournal of Family Theory & Review2014

  • A Potential Case of Social Bankruptcy

    Open AccessShirley L Zimmerman, Constance T GagerARTICLEPolicy Studies Journal1997Cited by: 3References: 25

    Based on a pooled time series analysis that covers a 30‐year period at five different time points—1960, 1970, 1980, 1985, and 1990—this research examines the relationship between states' Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payments and teen birth rates. Drawing on rational choice theories, we expected the effects of states' AFDC payments on their teen birth rates to be positive, taking into account states' divorce rates, population cha…

  • The Role of the State in Family Life

    Open AccessShirley L ZimmermanARTICLEInternational Journal of…1994Cited by: 1References: 10

    An earlier examination of the relationship between states' per capita expenditures for public welfare and their divorce rates found no relationship between the two for observations prior to 1985. However in 1985, the two were related, states' public welfare expenditures being inversely predictive of their divorce rates: the less states' spent for public welfare, the higher their divorce rates, and conversely, the more they spent, the lower their …

  • Family Policies and Family Well-Being

    Catherine S Chilman, Shirley L ZimmermanARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1993

    Introduction Mapping the Book PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS Family Policy and Families Their Intersections The Goal of Family Policy Individual and Family Well-Being Political Culture Definitions and Variations in the 50 States PART TWO: EMPIRICAL STUDIES Attitudes Toward Government and Families The Role of Political Culture States' Policy Approaches to Families The Role of Political Culture Family Policies and Family Well-Being The Role of Po…

  • Myths About Public Welfare

    Open AccessShirley L ZimmermanARTICLEReview of Policy Research1989References: 2

    To rationalize federal cutbacks in spending for public welfare, President Reagan charged that public welfare programs are responsible for leading to a “national tragedy involving family breakdown, teen‐age illegitimacy and worsening poverty.” Yet analysis of 1980 and 1982 census data for the 50 states suggests that if this is so, it is because of low, not high, spending for public welfare. While low state spending for public welfare is predictive…

  • Family Questions

    Shirley L Zimmerman, Allan Carlson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1989

  • Understanding Family Policy

    John Scanzoni, Shirley L ZimmermanARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1989

    PART ONE: LAYING THE FOUNDATION Family Policy Definitions, Domain and Concepts Developments in Family Policy Reflections of Social Change An Institutional Perspective PART TWO: FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING POLICY/FAMILY CONNECTIONS Policy Frameworks Families as Social Systems Other Family Frameworks PART THREE: APPLICATIONS OF FRAMEWORKS TO FAMILY POLICIES Welfare Reform Individual and Family Well-Being The Mental Retardation Family Subsidy Progr…

  • Voices of Death

    Shirley L Zimmerman, Edwin S Shneidman et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations1981Cited by: 11

  • Mothers at Work

    Shirley L Zimmerman, Carolyn Teich Adams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1981

  • Legislators' Attitudes toward Family Policy

    Shirley L Zimmerman, Paul W Mattessich et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1979

  • Policy, Social Policy, and Family Policy

    Shirley L ZimmermanARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1979Cited by: 2

    Although the concept of family policy is ill defined, ambiguous, and emotionally laden, many are advocating efforts to examine the impact of public policies on families. This paper seeks to examine family policy and faimilv impact analysis in relation to concepts such as policy, in general, policy analysis, social policy, social policy analysis, and social impact assessment. It is an attempt to arrive at definitional clarity with respect to each,…