Working their Way Out of Poverty? Gendered Employment in Three Welfare States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2991878 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maureen Baker (University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 617-634 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.40.4.617 |
| OpenAlex | W2596126555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
Governments increasingly view earning and saving as the main solutions to low-income and debt, but is it feasible to expect all parents to work their way out of poverty? This paper compares gendered patterns of income, and state support for earning and caring in three similar welfare states: Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Relying on recent OECD statistics and national studies, the paper examines employment patterns, poverty rates and state support, noting similarities but also wide variations by gender, family configuration and country. The paper argues that increases in female employment have modified household incomes but the changes have been insufficient to counteract gendered patterns of unpaid work and the challenges women face when parenting alone. Especially mothers find themselves working in low-paid jobs with little hope of job mobility and their economic circumstances often vary by marital status and levels of state support. In Canada and New Zealand, few lone mothers can work their way out of poverty but Australia offers longer support for mothering at home and enhanced in-work benefits that reduce poverty rates
Child support · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Income Support · Labour economics · Political science · Poverty · Single mothers · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare state · Work (physics) · Working poor · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Making Ends Meet
Working Parents and the Welfare State
The State and the Family
Women's Work is Never Done
Globalization and the Welfare State
Western Welfare in Decline
Gender and the Welfare State
Who Supports the Family
Small Town, Big Benefits
Worried Sick
Income and separation
Welfare state regimes and mothers' poverty
Lone Parent Incomes and Social Policy Outcomes
States, markets, families
Families, Labour and Love
Changing the Paradigm
Families and fortunes
Working their way out of poverty? Sole motherhood, work, welfare and material well-being
New City Domesticity and the Tenacious Second Shift
Child Poverty, Maternal Health and Social Benefits
Life Course Transitions and Housework
Getting a Job
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |