A review of the Family Inequality record.
Tag: welfare
Delayed parenting and anti-poverty policy
I don't favor using delayed parenthood as an approach to poverty reduction. Here's some of the reasons why.
US policy fails at reducing child poverty because it aims to fix the poor
If we want to help kids, it's time to focus on money, not marriage.
Response from Supporting Healthy Marriage supporters, with responses
The Cowans offer a defense of Supporting Healthy Marriage, but it's not good enough.
This ‘Supporting Healthy Marriage,’ I do not think it means what you think it means
New research. Short version: Fail.
Blame the poor, “We tried generosity and it just doesn’t work” edition
Giving poor people money -- or in-kind benefits -- to help them survive is not a solution to poverty, it's a treatment for poverty. If we had more decency we'd do more of it.
To Prevent Poverty, Reduce the Penalty for Single-Motherhood
Of all the challenges single-parent families face, poverty need not be one of them.
Diverging responses to family inequality
Instead of trying to change family structure, how about increasing education and reducing the penalty for single parenthood?
How many Black scholars does it take to have any Black scholars?
Whatever the reasons, it's a shame more Black scholars haven't been there.
Single mothers’ hardships
Employment down, poverty up, TANF non-responsive; lots of financial, health, food and housing hardship.
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