Based on interviews, examines how low earnings, job instability, workplace inflexibility with irregular schedules and little paid time off, and limited childcare options in poor communities shape childcare decisions. Outlines policy implications
Contexts of poverty seem to magnify vulnerabilities in mothers, especially women who have few resour...
Low-income families with working parents face significant burdens paying for child care, which can f...
Quality child care appears to have a positive effect on the school readiness of children with low in...
This dissertation consists of three papers that deal with questions of work scheduling, childcare, a...
As the United States has shifted to a 24/7 economy, increasing numbers of U.S. workers work nonstand...
A growing body of research is starting to shed light on the ways child care subsidies are achieving ...
As the nature of work in the United States has shifted toward an economy that demands work outside o...
The focus of this paper is to examine the interplay between nonstandard employment and child care ch...
Employment promotion has dominated antipoverty policies in the United States over the last several d...
Since Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Chi...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined since 2000. The number of ...
Qualitative research points to logistical problems in coordinating child care as a key obstacle to m...
This paper explores how the responsibilityof caring for children affects employment stability by stu...
This paper examines the complexity of low-income mothers ’ child care arrangements, with attention t...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined substantially since 2000. ...
Contexts of poverty seem to magnify vulnerabilities in mothers, especially women who have few resour...
Low-income families with working parents face significant burdens paying for child care, which can f...
Quality child care appears to have a positive effect on the school readiness of children with low in...
This dissertation consists of three papers that deal with questions of work scheduling, childcare, a...
As the United States has shifted to a 24/7 economy, increasing numbers of U.S. workers work nonstand...
A growing body of research is starting to shed light on the ways child care subsidies are achieving ...
As the nature of work in the United States has shifted toward an economy that demands work outside o...
The focus of this paper is to examine the interplay between nonstandard employment and child care ch...
Employment promotion has dominated antipoverty policies in the United States over the last several d...
Since Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Chi...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined since 2000. The number of ...
Qualitative research points to logistical problems in coordinating child care as a key obstacle to m...
This paper explores how the responsibilityof caring for children affects employment stability by stu...
This paper examines the complexity of low-income mothers ’ child care arrangements, with attention t...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined substantially since 2000. ...
Contexts of poverty seem to magnify vulnerabilities in mothers, especially women who have few resour...
Low-income families with working parents face significant burdens paying for child care, which can f...
Quality child care appears to have a positive effect on the school readiness of children with low in...