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  • Working after Welfare: How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform
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  • Kristin S. Seefeldt
  • 2009
  • Published by: W.E. Upjohn Institute
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In "Working after Welfare," we experience the day-to-day struggles that single mothers face and the reasons they tend to remain in low-wage, dead-end jobs.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. 1 - Moving from Welfare to Work
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. 2 - Six Years Later, How Are Former Welfare Recipients Faring in the Labor Market?
  2. pp. 15-32
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  1. 3 - Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder, or Stuck on the Same Rung?
  2. pp. 33-64
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  1. 4 - Peeking inside the “Black Box” of Employment Transitions
  2. pp. 65-80
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  1. 5 - What Working Mothers Want
  2. pp. 81-101
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  1. 6 - Challenges to Advancement among Former Welfare Recipients
  2. pp. 101-122
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  1. 7 - Policies to Bring Work and Family Back into Balance
  2. pp. 123-134
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  1. Appendix A - Chapter 3 Regression Results
  2. pp. 135-148
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  1. Appendix B - Qualitative Data Methods
  2. pp. 149-154
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  1. References
  2. pp. 155-162
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  1. The Author
  2. pp. 163-164
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 165-170
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  1. About the Institute
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