Effects on Children as Parents Transition from Welfare to Employment (Chapter 4 in Good Parents or Good Workers? How Policy Shapes Families' Daily Lives).

This chapter synthesizes the results of both quantitative experimental and qualitative research about how low-income children fare as their mothers spend more time in the labor market and attempt to strike a new balance between work and parenting. Findings indicate policies that effectively increase parental income as they increase employment improve the well-being of young children and are the most promising for helping families cope. Numerous references.