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abstract: 'As welfare-to-work reforms increase women labor market attachment, the
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lives of their young children are likely to change. This note draws on a
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random-assignment experiment in Connecticut to ask whether mothers''
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rising employment levels and program participation are associated with
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changes in young children early learning and cognitive growth. Children
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of mothers who entered Connecticut''s Jobs First program, an initiative
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with strict 21-month time limits and work incentives, displayed moderate
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advantages in their early learning, compared with those in a control
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group. A number of potential mechanisms for this effect are explored,
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including maternal employment and income, home environment, and child
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care. Mothers in the new welfare program are more likely to be employed,
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have higher income, are less likely to be mar-tied, have more children
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books in their home, and take their children to libraries and museums
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more frequently. However, these effects explain little of the observed
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gain in child outcomes. Other parenting practices and the home social
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environment do explain early learning, but these remained unaffected by
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welfare reform. (C) 2003 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis
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and Management.'
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affiliation: 'Loeb, S (Corresponding Author), Stanford Univ, Sch Educ, Stanford, CA
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94305 USA.
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Stanford Univ, Sch Educ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Educ, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
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Columbia Univ Teachers Coll, New York, NY 10027 USA.'
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author: Loeb, S and Fuller, B and Kagan, SL and Carrol, B
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author_list:
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- family: Loeb
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given: S
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- family: Fuller
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given: B
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- family: Kagan
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given: SL
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- family: Carrol
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given: B
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1002/pam.10153
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eissn: 1520-6688
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files: []
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issn: 0276-8739
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journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
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keywords-plus: 'AMERICAN SINGLE MOTHERS; LOW-INCOME; COMMUNICATIVE DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL
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EMPLOYMENT; PATTERNS'
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language: English
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month: FAL
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '30'
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orcid-numbers: 'CARROL, BIDEMI/0000-0001-6239-8569
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Loeb, Susanna/0000-0003-1854-8843'
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pages: 537-550
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papis_id: 427f58f1df0a5f9b54e88f7fab79ddae
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ref: Loeb2003howwelfare
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times-cited: '5'
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title: 'How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut
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- A research note'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000185421300002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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volume: '22'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Public Administration
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year: '2003'
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