Middle-class single parents

Byun, Young-hwan

doi:10.2307/j.ctt2204rvq.16

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“…Even if they are entitled to parental leave, low-income families are usually less likely to use it (Kil, Wood, and Neels 2018;McKay, Mathieu, and Doucet 2016;Ghysels and Van Lancker 2011). By contrast, generously paid leave was found to reduce single mothers' risk of poverty, increased their chance to reach a middle-class income (Byun 2018;Misra et al 2012), and facilitated continued employment (Nieuwenhuis, Need, and Van Der Kolk 2012).…”

Section: Work-family Reconciliation Policiesmentioning

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Making Parental Leave Policies Work for Single Mothers: Lessons from Europe

Bártová¹,

Otto²,

Lancker³

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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It is well documented that national parental leave policies encourage parents’ employment. Research on parental leave, though, has generally failed to draw lessons on how leave policy affects the employment and economic well-being of single parents. We examine the extent to which parental leave policies support the employment of single mothers with children under six years old across twenty-seven European countries, showing that single mothers are more likely to work and to work longer hours if they are eligible for parental leave. For single mothers who were not working before childbirth, eligibility for generous leave benefits and longer parental leave are associated with better employment outcomes after childbirth. We argue that while parental leave sustains employment for working single mothers, it might also facilitate entry into employment for nonworking mothers.

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Section: Work-family Reconciliation Policiesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Making Parental Leave Policies Work for Single Mothers: Lessons from Europe

Bártová¹,

Otto²,

Lancker³

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Dual-Earner Family Policies at Work for Single-Parent Families

Maldonado

Nieuwenhuis

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy

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This chapter sets out to examine how family policies differently affect the poverty rate of single-parent families versus couples with children and also probes whether or not there is a premium—or penalty—for single parents. This is based on a literature review and analysis of a number of comparative family policy data infrastructures. Although single parents were found to benefit from child income support, parental leave, and ECEC, important differences were found. The evidence is strong that child income support as family benefits do in fact lower poverty for all families and especially for single-parent families. On the other hand, ECEC costs in many countries represent a larger share of their household budget compared to dual-earner couples. In countries with low replacement rates during parental leave, the income position of single parents on leave is substantially worse than among dual-earner parents in which one parent is on leave.

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E-government services use among single Israeli mothers

Lissitsa

Chachashvili‐Bolotin

2021

Israel Affairs

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Middle-class single parents

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Making Parental Leave Policies Work for Single Mothers: Lessons from Europe

Making Parental Leave Policies Work for Single Mothers: Lessons from Europe

Dual-Earner Family Policies at Work for Single-Parent Families

E-government services use among single Israeli mothers

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