Mothers' Work and Children's Lives: Low-Income Families after Welfare Reform

The Authors

139 The Authors Rucker C. Johnson is an assistant professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His graduate and postdoctoral training is in labor and health economics. His work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances. He has focused on such topics as low-wage labor markets, spatial mismatch, the socioeconomic determinants of health disparities over the life course, and the effects of growing up poor and poor infant health on childhood cognition, child health, educational attainment, and later-life health and socioeconomic success. Ariel Kalil is a professor in the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. Her graduate and postdoctoral training is in developmental psychology and public policy. Her work considers how economic conditions affect child well-being. Her prior studies have focused on such topics as parental job loss, poverty and income instability, teenage parenthood, and family structure. Rachel E. Dunifon is an associate professor in the department of policy and management at Cornell University. Her graduate and postdoctoral training is in human development and public policy. Her work is in the area of child and family policy, focusing on issues such as the influence of family living arrangements on children, welfare reform and child well-being, and maternal work behavior and child development. ...