Making it work : low-wage employment, family life, and child development / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yoshikawa, Hirokazu.

Weisner, Thomas S., 1943-

Lowe, Edward D.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimum wage--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Longitudinal studies.

Minimum wage.

Working poor--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Longitudinal studies.

Working poor.

Families--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Longitudinal studies.

Families.

Child development--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Longitudinal studies.

Child development.

Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 427 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2006.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : raising children where work has disappeared / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe

Pathways through low-wage work / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward D. Lowe, Thomas S. Weisner, JoAnn Hsueh, Noemí Enchautegui-de-Jesús, Anna Gassman-Pines, Erin B. Godfrey, Eboni C. Howard, Rashmita S. Mistry, and Amanda L. Roy

Do pathways through low-wage work matter for children's development / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward D. Lowe, Johannes M. Bos, Thomas S. Weisner, Valentina Nikulina, and JoAnn Hsueh

Job quality among low-income mothers : experiences and associations with children's development / Noemí Enchautegui-de-Jesús, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Vonnie C. McLoyd

Mothers at work in a 24-7 economy : exploring implications for family and child well-being / JoAnn Hsueh

Discrimination in the low-wage workplace : the unspoken barrier to employment / Amanda L. Roy, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Sandra Nay

"I want what everybody wants" : goals, values, and work in the lives of New Hope families / Thomas S. Weisner, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward D. Lowe, and Faye Carter

What earnings and income buy : the "basics" plus "a little extra" : implications for family and child well-being /Rashmita S. Mistry and Edward D. Lowe

Can money buy you love? : dynamic employment characteristics, the New Hope project, and entry into marriage / Anna Gassman-Pines, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Sandra Nay

Child care and low-wage employment / Edward D. Lowe and Thomas S. Weisner

The informal social support, well-being, and employment pathways of low-income mothers / Eboni C. Howard

Do formal work support services work? : experiences of the New Hope project and the Wisconsin Works programs / Erin B. Godfrey and Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Summary and policy implications : improving the world of work for low-income parents and their children / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Anna Gassman-Pines, Thomas S. Weisner, and Edward D. Lowe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-412) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Making it work.

ISBN:

9781610445658

1610445651

Publisher Number:

99976954631

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.