Dynamics of Early Maternal Employment in Low-Income Families

Recent social policy shifts in the United States have sought to promote maternal employment in order to improve poor families’ economic resources and self-sufficiency, support healthy family functioning, and promote child development. One concern raised in policy debates highlights employment among...

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Published inInvesting in Children p. 24
Main Authors REBEKAH LEVINE COLEY, CAITLIN MCPHERRAN LOMBARDI
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Brookings Institution Press 03.05.2012
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Business
Business administration
Child care
Child development
Child psychology
Childbirth
Children
Developmental psychology
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employee compensation
Employment
Families
Human physiology
Human populations
Human reproduction
Human resources
Human societies
Infants
Labor economics
Mothers
Parenting
Persons
Physiology
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Population studies
Psychology
Scope of employment
Social institutions
Social sciences
Sociology
Unemployment
Wages
Women
Working women
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Summary:Recent social policy shifts in the United States have sought to promote maternal employment in order to improve poor families’ economic resources and self-sufficiency, support healthy family functioning, and promote child development. One concern raised in policy debates highlights employment among new parents. Contrasting arguments have been made concerning whether public resources should be used to provide economic support to new mothers to remain out of the labor force or whether a quick entry or return to work after childbirth will best promote economic and family stability. These debates are heightened when the target is low-income families, who often lack
ISBN:0815722028
9780815722021