abstract: 'This article assesses the extent to which welfare states reduce poverty

  among single mothers and all mothers. I focus on two different

  typologies of welfare states: one identifies the gendered assumptions

  underlying social policies, while the other focuses on bow welfare

  states and labor markets affect class inequality. Using data from the

  Luxembourg Income Study, I show bow tax and transfer systems and

  employment supports in nine Western nations affect the poverty rates of

  single mothers and all mothers vis-a-vis other groups. I find that,

  particularly in the Scandinavian nations and to a lesser extent in

  France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, the tax and transfer

  system, employment supports, or a combination of the two allow most

  single mothers to form autonomous households that escape poverty. I

  conclude by discussing bow these findings speak to the different

  typologies of welfare state regimes.'
affiliation: 'Christopher, K (Corresponding Author), Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
  PA 15260 USA.

  Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA.'
author: Christopher, K
author_list:
- family: Christopher
  given: K
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/sp/9.1.60
files: []
issn: 1072-4745
journal: SOCIAL POLITICS
keywords-plus: GENDER; CITIZENSHIP
language: English
month: SPR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '34'
pages: 60-86
papis_id: 8b31c3fa58b6a231da82dc7e357b7605
ref: Christopher2002welfarestate
times-cited: '27'
title: Welfare state regimes and mothers' poverty
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000176181400004
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '9'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues; Women's Studies
year: '2002'