Maternal welfare and employment experiences and adolescent well-being: Do mothers' human capital characteristics matter?

Coley, Rebekah Levine; Bachman, Heather J.; Votruba‐Drzal, Elizabeth; Lohman, Brenda J.; Li‐Grining, Christine P.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.07.004

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“…Using data from the post-PRWORA Three-Cities Study, several studies found that transitions into (off of) welfare were adversely (favorably) associated with teens’ delinquent behaviors including substance use, while transitions into (out of) work had associations in the opposite direction (Chase-Lansdale et al, 2003; Chase-Lansdale et al, 2011; Coley et al, 2007; Lohman et al, 2004). However, also using data from the Three-Cities Study, Mahatmya and Lohman (2011) found no associations between welfare transitions, employment transitions, or stable employment and teen delinquency.…”

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Effects of maternal work incentives on youth crime

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This study exploits differences in the implementation of welfare reform across states and over time to identify causal effects of maternal work incentives, and by inference employment, on youth arrests between 1988 and 2005, the period of time during which welfare reform unfolded. We consider both serious and minor crimes as classified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, consider differential effects by the youth’s gender and age, investigate the extent to which effects were stronger in states with more stringent work incentive policies and larger welfare caseload declines, and use a number of different model specifications to assess robustness and patterns. We find that welfare reform led to reduced arrests for minor crime among youth ages 15–17 years by 9–11 %, with similar estimates for males and females, but that it did not affect youth arrests for serious crimes. The results from this study add to a scant knowledge base about the effects of maternal employment on adolescent behavior by exploiting a large-scale social experiment that greatly increased employment of low-skilled women. The results also provide some support for the widely-embraced argument that welfare reform would discourage undesirable social behavior, not only of mothers, but also of the next generation.

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Effects of maternal work incentives on youth crime

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“…Using data from the Three-Cities Study, several studies found that transitions into (off of) welfare appear to adversely (favorably) affect teens' delinquent behaviors including substance use, while transitions into/out of work appear to operate in the opposite direction (ChaseLansdale et al 2003;Chase-Lansdale et al 2011;Coley et al 2007;Lohman et al 2004). …”

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Effects of Maternal Work Incentives on Youth Crime

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This study exploits differences in the implementation of welfare reform across states and over time to identify causal effects of maternal work incentives, and by inference employment, on youth arrests between 1990 and 2005, the period during which welfare reform unfolded. We consider both serious and minor crimes as classified by the FBI, investigate the extent to which effects were stronger in states with more stringent work incentive policies and larger welfare caseload declines, and use a number of different model specifications to assess robustness and patterns. We find that welfare reform led to reduced youth arrests for minor crimes, by 7-9 %, with similar estimates for males and females, but that it did not affect youth arrests for serious crimes. The results from this study add to the scant literature on the effects of maternal employment on adolescent behavior by exploiting a large-scale social experiment that is still in effect to this day, and provide some support for the widely-embraced argument that welfare reform would discourage undesirable social behavior, not only of mothers, but also of the next generation.

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“…16,22-25 Schooling and academic skills may each increase women's access to these by increasing capacity and acceptability for employment outside of the home and enhancing social networks.…”

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Maternal Years of Schooling but Not Academic Skills Is Independently Associated With Infant-Feeding Practices in a Cohort of Rural Guatemalan Women

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The effects of maternal academic skills on infant-feeding practices are not clear. From 1996 to 1999, the authors collected information on infant-feeding practices from birth on infants born to 279 mothers from 4 rural villages in Guatemala. They examined associations between maternal academic skills and indicators for the initiation of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and timely introduction of complementary foods (CF). Mothers in the highest category of academic skills had greater odds of initiating EBF, but this association failed to remain significant after adjusting for schooling. Compared with mothers with < 1 year of school, mothers with > 3 to ≤ 6 years had greater odds of initiating EBF; mothers with > 6 years of school had greater odds of introducing CF early, while mothers with ≥ 1 to ≤ 3 years had greater odds of introducing CF late. Unmeasured schooling-related factors influenced infant-feeding practices to a greater extent than academic skills.

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Maternal welfare and employment experiences and adolescent well-being: Do mothers' human capital characteristics matter?

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

Effects of maternal work incentives on youth crime

Effects of maternal work incentives on youth crime

Effects of Maternal Work Incentives on Youth Crime

Maternal Years of Schooling but Not Academic Skills Is Independently Associated With Infant-Feeding Practices in a Cohort of Rural Guatemalan Women

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