abstract: 'Work-family policy strategies reflect gendered assumptions about the

  roles of men and women within families and therefore may lead to

  significantly different outcomes, particularly for families headed by

  single mothers. The authors argue that welfare states have adopted

  strategies based on different assumptions about women''s and men''s roles

  in society, which then affect women''s chances of living in poverty

  cross-nationally. The authors examine how various strategies are

  associated with poverty rates across groups of women and also examine

  more directly the effects of specific work-family policies on poverty

  rates. They find that while family benefits and child care for young

  children unequivocally lower poverty rates, particularly for families

  headed by a single mother long parental leaves have more ambivalent

  effects. The findings suggest that it is critical to examine the

  gendered assumptions underlying work-family policies rather than viewing

  all work-family policies as the same.'
affiliation: 'Misra, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Massachusetts, Social \& Demograph
  Res Inst, W34A Machmer Hall,240 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003 USA.

  Univ Massachusetts, Social \& Demograph Res Inst, Amherst, MA 01003 USA.

  Univ N Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA.'
author: Misra, Joya and Moller, Stephanie and Budig, Michelle J.
author_list:
- family: Misra
  given: Joya
- family: Moller
  given: Stephanie
- family: Budig
  given: Michelle J.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0891243207308445
eissn: 1552-3977
files: []
issn: 0891-2432
journal: GENDER \& SOCIETY
keywords: 'family; family policy; poverty; single parenthood; welfare states;

  carework'
keywords-plus: GENDER; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; PARADOX; CARE; WAGE; GAP
language: English
month: DEC
note: '28th Annual Meeting of the Social-Science-History-Association,

  Baltimore, MD, NOV 13-16, 2003'
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '49'
orcid-numbers: 'Moller, Stephanie/0000-0002-8239-719X

  Misra, Joya/0000-0002-9427-3952'
pages: 804-827
papis_id: 403704c81ed7e0af0d0caf32df6c22c1
ref: Misra2007workfamilypolicies
researcherid-numbers: 'Budig, Michelle/AAA-9207-2022

  '
times-cited: '104'
title: Work-family policies and poverty for partnered and single women in Europe and
  North America
type: Article; Proceedings Paper
unique-id: WOS:000251214600002
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '45'
volume: '21'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology; Women's Studies
year: '2007'