Welfare Recipients' Job Skills and Employment Prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12399665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Burtless (Brookings Institution, corresponding author), Gary T Burtless |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-39 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Future of Children (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-8289 • E-ISSN: 1550-1558 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1602576 |
| PMID | 9170731 |
| OpenAlex | W2154729145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 3 |
The welfare reform goal of moving mothers who rely on welfare into private-sector employment cannot be achieved only by changes in public policy. Employment rates reflect the job qualifications of individuals, obstacles to work outside the home, the attractiveness of available jobs, and the capacity of the labor market to absorb new workers at particular skill levels. This article examines how each of these factors is likely to influence current welfare recipients' success in finding employment and the wages they are likely to earn. The author concludes that the skill deficiencies of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children do not represent an insurmountable barrier to employment, although these deficiencies do restrict the wages recipients can earn. Without continued public assistance in the form of wage subsidies, child care payments, or help securing health insurance, most families that move from welfare to work will remain below the poverty level
Attractiveness · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Payment · Poverty · Single mothers · Subsidy · Wage · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Le service public de l'emploi aux Etats-Unis
Occupational Social Work for the 21st Century
The Costs of Child Protection in the Context of Welfare Reform
Impacts of child care subsidies on family and child well-being
A randomized controlled trial to improve health among women receiving welfare in the U.S
Tanf Policy Implementation
The Ins and Outs of Welfare-to-Work
The continuing significance of race
Using African American Narratives to Analyze Social Policy
The Work of Mothers
Swimming Against the Tide
Finding Employment and Staying Employed After Leaving Welfare
Choosing among Alternative Programs for Poor Children
Beyond Intention to Treat Analysis in Welfare-to-Work Studies
African American Mothers' and Daughters' Beliefs about Possible Selves and their Strategies for Reaching the Adolescents' Future Academic and Career Goals
On Childcare as a Support for Maternal Employment Wages and Hours
Work Attitudes, Employment Barriers, and Mental Health Symptoms in a Sample of Rural Welfare Recipients
Anti-Poverty Policy for Families in the Next Century
| Citations per year | 0.62 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2012 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |