Bibliograph

Making it work, low-wage employment, family life, and child development, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe, editors

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Making it work, low-wage employment, family life, and child development, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe, editors

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-412) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Making it work

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

69593903

Responsibility statement

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe, editors

Sub title

low-wage employment, family life, and child development

Table Of Contents

Introduction : raising children where work has disappeared / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe -- Pathways through low-wage work / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward D. Lowe, Thomas S. Weisner, JoAnn Hsueh, Noemí Enchautegui-de-Jesús, Anna Gassman-Pines, Erin B. Godfrey, Eboni C. Howard, Rashmita S. Mistry, and Amanda L. Roy -- Do pathways through low-wage work matter for children's development / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward D. Lowe, Johannes M. Bos, Thomas S. Weisner, Valentina Nikulina, and JoAnn Hsueh -- Job quality among low-income mothers : experiences and associations with children's development / Noemí Enchautegui-de-Jesús, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Vonnie C. McLoyd -- Mothers at work in a 24-7 economy : exploring implications for family and child well-being / JoAnn Hsueh -- Discrimination in the low-wage workplace : the unspoken barrier to employment / Amanda L. Roy, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Sandra Nay -- "I want what everybody wants" : goals, values, and work in the lives of New Hope families / Thomas S. Weisner, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward D. Lowe, and Faye Carter -- What earnings and income buy : the "basics" plus "a little extra" : implications for family and child well-being /Rashmita S. Mistry and Edward D. Lowe -- Can money buy you love? : dynamic employment characteristics, the New Hope project, and entry into marriage / Anna Gassman-Pines, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Sandra Nay -- Child care and low-wage employment / Edward D. Lowe and Thomas S. Weisner -- The informal social support, well-being, and employment pathways of low-income mothers / Eboni C. Howard -- Do formal work support services work? : experiences of the New Hope project and the Wisconsin Works programs / Erin B. Godfrey and Hirokazu Yoshikawa -- Summary and policy implications : improving the world of work for low-income parents and their children / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Anna Gassman-Pines, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe

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