When There Is No Welfare: The Income Packaging Strategies of Mothers Without Earnings or Cash Assistance Following an Economic Downturn

When There Is No Welfare: The Income Packaging Strategies of Mothers Without Earnings or Cash Assistance Following an Economic Downturn

The 1996 welfare reform law sought to reformulate single mothers’ income package, replacing cash welfare checks with paychecks. However, many single mothers have not been able to do that and have neither earnings nor cash assistance. Among a sample of single mothers in Los Angeles and southeast Mich...

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Main Authors: Kristin S. Seefeldt, Heather Sandstrom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2015-11-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
single mothers
welfare reform
economic survival
income packaging
Online Access:http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.08

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http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.08

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