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Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources.

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Hsueh, J; Gennetian, LA
Published in: American journal of community psychology
December 2011

This study uses data from three longitudinal experimental evaluations of US state welfare reform programs to examine whether program-induced changes in families' reliance on sibling care are linked with the effects of welfare programs on selected schooling outcomes of high risk, low-income adolescents. The findings from two of the welfare programs indicate that increased reliance on sibling care was concomitant with unfavorable effects of the programs on adolescent schooling outcomes. In the third welfare program examined, the program did not yield any increases in the use of sibling care or unfavorable effects on adolescent schooling outcomes, suggesting that sibling care is one likely contributor to the negative effects of welfare programs on adolescent schooling outcomes. These findings are discussed in terms of the pattern of the programs' effects on families' income, as well as maternal work on nonstandard schedules, aside from the programs' effects on maternal employment, which play contributory roles in shaping the extent to which welfare programs led to less favorable effects on the schooling outcomes of adolescents with younger siblings.

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Published In

American journal of community psychology

DOI

EISSN

1573-2770

ISSN

0091-0562

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

48

Issue

3-4

Start / End Page

322 / 340

Related Subject Headings

  • Women, Working
  • Social Welfare
  • Siblings
  • Public Policy
  • Public Health
  • Public Assistance
  • Program Evaluation
  • Poverty
  • Male
  • Likelihood Functions
 

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Hsueh, J., & Gennetian, L. A. (2011). Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources. American Journal of Community Psychology, 48(3–4), 322–340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-011-9423-4
Hsueh, Joann, and Lisa A. Gennetian. “Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources.American Journal of Community Psychology 48, no. 3–4 (December 2011): 322–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-011-9423-4.
Hsueh J, Gennetian LA. Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources. American journal of community psychology. 2011 Dec;48(3–4):322–40.
Hsueh, Joann, and Lisa A. Gennetian. “Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources.American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 48, no. 3–4, Dec. 2011, pp. 322–40. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10464-011-9423-4.
Hsueh J, Gennetian LA. Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources. American journal of community psychology. 2011 Dec;48(3–4):322–340.
Journal cover image

Published In

American journal of community psychology

DOI

EISSN

1573-2770

ISSN

0091-0562

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

48

Issue

3-4

Start / End Page

322 / 340

Related Subject Headings

  • Women, Working
  • Social Welfare
  • Siblings
  • Public Policy
  • Public Health
  • Public Assistance
  • Program Evaluation
  • Poverty
  • Male
  • Likelihood Functions