Add to ORKGLittle is known about the use of welfare by young men as most research and debate have concentrated on the use of welfare by families headed by single women. This research includes young men in this debate by examining the personal characteristics, events that precipitated their use, why they exited, and the barriers they faced in obtaining employment. Data are from qualitative interviews of 20 young men who resided in Madison, Wisconsin. Findings suggest that these men use General Assistance as a type of unemployment insurance between jobs. Policy, program and research recommendations are made regarding the need for assistance in improving the level of human capital and locating and retaining employment for poor men
Introduction: We are facing alarming levels of structural unemployment that become exponentially lar...
With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in ...
This study explored the experiences of African American women as they transitioned from welfare to w...
The target population for this study is 5,800 young African American males living in households wher...
This thesis explores able-bodied young men\u27s participation in work, welfare and crime and the int...
The status of social welfare programs, especially those serving the "undeserving poor", are tenuous....
Single mothers are excluded from the benefits of paid work in both the economic market and state wel...
This essay examines the manner in which the current unemployment insurance system maintains poverty ...
The premise of the welfare law enacted by Congress is that people living in poverty could vastly imp...
The purpose of this research is to understand the experiences that single fathers\ud have when they ...
In occidental societies, working classes are prone to economical and psychosocial dependency of paid...
The question is whether the Clinton Administration “reforms” were a revolutionary concept or an exte...
Since the 1950s, federal government policies have developed anti-poverty programs that attempted to ...
In an urban environment the individual is unable to function independent of other people. To fill ev...
This dissertation considers changes in the jobless population between 1964 and 2000, the importance ...
Introduction: We are facing alarming levels of structural unemployment that become exponentially lar...
With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in ...
This study explored the experiences of African American women as they transitioned from welfare to w...
The target population for this study is 5,800 young African American males living in households wher...
This thesis explores able-bodied young men\u27s participation in work, welfare and crime and the int...
The status of social welfare programs, especially those serving the "undeserving poor", are tenuous....
Single mothers are excluded from the benefits of paid work in both the economic market and state wel...
This essay examines the manner in which the current unemployment insurance system maintains poverty ...
The premise of the welfare law enacted by Congress is that people living in poverty could vastly imp...
The purpose of this research is to understand the experiences that single fathers\ud have when they ...
In occidental societies, working classes are prone to economical and psychosocial dependency of paid...
The question is whether the Clinton Administration “reforms” were a revolutionary concept or an exte...
Since the 1950s, federal government policies have developed anti-poverty programs that attempted to ...
In an urban environment the individual is unable to function independent of other people. To fill ev...
This dissertation considers changes in the jobless population between 1964 and 2000, the importance ...
Introduction: We are facing alarming levels of structural unemployment that become exponentially lar...
With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in ...
This study explored the experiences of African American women as they transitioned from welfare to w...