Both Hands Tied: Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market
By Jane Collins, & Victoria Mayer. In light of the 1996 national Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and other like-minded... Read More
Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform
By Sharon Hays. Tells the story of welfare reform from inside the welfare office and inside the lives of welfare mothers, describing... Read More
Immigrants and Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on America’s Newcomers
Edited by Michael Fix. Draws on fields from demography and law to developmental psychology to assess the welfare reform law, & questions... Read More
Just Don’t Get Sick: Access to Health Care in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform
By Karen Seccombe & Kim Hoffman. Drawing upon statistical data and in-depth interviews with over five hundred families in Oregon, assesses the... Read More
Mothers’ Work and Children’s Lives: Low Income Families after Welfare Reform
By Rucker Johnson. Examines the effects of work requirements imposed by welfare reform on low-income women and their families, paying particular attention... Read More
Not Working: Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform
By Alejandra Marchevsky & Jeanne Theoharis. Profiles the struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area with the effects of... Read More
Sojourners
Encourages Christians to put their faith into action in the passionate pursuit of social justice, peace, and environmental stewardship through resources like... Read More
Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform
By Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker & Jill Weigt. Using ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews with poor families, and welfare workers, tracks survey data... Read More
Welfare Reform : Effects of a Decade of Change
By Jeffrey Grogger & Lynn Karoly. Assembles evidence from numerous studies, including nearly three dozen social experiments, to assess how welfare reform... Read More