Welfare Reform
Articles and Chapters
2007
Coley, R. L., B. Lohman, E. Votruba-Drzal, L. D. Pittman, abd P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2007 . Maternal functioning, time, and money: The world of work. Children and Youth Services Review. Special issue on Child and Family Well-Being Following Welfare Reform: The Results from Five Non-Experimental Panel Studies of Low-Income Populations 29(6): 721-41.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., A. Valdovinos D'Angelo, and N. Palacios. 2007. A multidisciplinary perspective on the development of young children in Mexican American immigrant families. In Immigrant Families in Contemporary Society , ed. J. E. Lansford, K. Deater-Deckard, and M. H. Bornstein, 137-56. New York, N.Y : Guilford Press.
2006
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., R. L Coley, and C. Li-Grining. 2006. Low-income families' childcare experiences: Meeting the needs of children and families. In From Welfare to Child Care: What Happens to Young Children When Mothers Exchange Welfare for Work, ed. N. Cabrera, R. Hutchins, and H. E. Peters, 149-70. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Li-Grining, C. P., E. Votruba-Drzal, H. J. Bachman, and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2006. Are certain preschoolers at risk in the era of welfare reform? The moderating role of children's temperament. Children and Youth Services Review 28(9): 1102-23.
Duncan, G., S. DeLuca, and R. Mendenhall. 2006. Neighborhood resources, racial segregation and economic mobility: Results from the Gautreaux program. Social Science Research 35(4): 892-923.
Duncan, G., J. Brooks-Gunn, J. Kling, and L. Sanbonmatsu. 2006. Neighborhoods and academic achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity experiment. Journal of Human Resources 41(4): 649-91.
Duncan, G., and J. Ludwig. 2006. Promising solutions in housing and the community. In Deviant Peer Influences in Programs for Youth: Problems and Solutions , ed. K. Dodge and T. Dishion, 312-27. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.
Lewis, D., J. B. Lee, and L. Altenbernd. 2006. Depression and welfare reform: From barriers to inclusion. Journal of Community Psychology 34(4): 415-33
McCall, L. 2006. The rising risks of rising economic inequality: Do Americans care? Social Science Research Council Web Forum on the Privatization of Risk . http://privatizationofrisk.ssrc.org/McCall/
Roberts, D. 2006. Child welfare as a racial justice issue . In Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape , ed. E. Higginbotham and M. L. Andersen. Thomson-Wadsworth: 320-25.
2005
Duncan, G., L. A. Gennetian, V. Knox, W. Vargas, E. Clark-Kauffman,
and A. S. London. 2004. How welfare policies affect adolescents'
school outcomes: A synthesis of evidence from experimental studies.
Journal of Research on Adolescence 14(4): 399-423.
Duncan, G., P. Morris, and E. Clark-Kauffman. 2005. Child well-being
in an era of welfare reform: The sensitivity of transition in
development to policy change. Developmental Psychology 41(6):
919-32.
Duncan, G. J. 2005. Welfare reform and child well-being. In
Historical Influences on
Lives and Aging, ed. G. Elder and W. Schaie, 286-98. New
York: Springer.
Roberts, D. 2005. Children’s welfare and children’s
rights; Reproductive rights movement. In Black Women in America,
2nd ed., ed. D. C. Hine, vol. 1, 220-27; vol. 3, 51-56. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Roberts, D. 2005. Black club women and child welfare: Lessons
for modern reform. 2004 Mason Ladd Lecture. Florida State
University Law Review 32(3): 957-72.
2004
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., B.J. Lohman, L.D. Pittman,
and R. S. Coley. 2004. Welfare history, sanctions, and developmental
outcomes among low-income youth. Sociological Service Review
78(1): 41-73.
London, A. S., E. K. Scott, K. Edin, and V. Hunter. 2004. Welfare
reform, work-family tradeoffs, and child well-being. Family
Relations 53(2): 148-58.
Meyer, B. D., and J. X. Sullivan. 2004. The effects of welfare
and tax reform: The material well-being of single mothers in the
1980s and 1990s. Journal of Public Economics 88(7-8):
1387-420.
Roberts, D. E. 2004. Children's welfare and children's rights;
Reproductive rights movement. In Black Women in America: An
Historical Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., ed. D. C. Hine, E. B. Brown,
and R. Terborg-Penned. New York: Oxford University Press.
Roberts, D. 2004. Welfare reform and economic freedom: Low-income
mothers’ decisions about work at home and in the market.
Santa Clara Law Review 44(4): 1029-63.
Roberts, D. 2004. Child welfare; Foster care. In Poverty
in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and
Policy, ed. G. Mink and A. O’Connor, 164, 327. Santa
Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO.
Sandoval, J. O. 2004. Work and welfare participation in a post
welfare-to-work era. Equal Opportunities International 23(3-5):
179-98.
Scott, E. K., K. Edin, A. S. London, and Rebecca Joyce Kissane.
2004. Unstable work, unstable income: Implications for family
well-being in the era of time-limited welfare. Journal of
Poverty 8(1): 61-88.
Weber, B., M. Edwards, and G. Duncan. 2004. The importance of
place in welfare reform: are work, welfare, and poverty outcomes
different in rural areas? Eastern Economic Journal 30(1):
31-51.
2003
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., R. A. Moffitt, B. J. Lohman, A. J. Cherlin,
R. L. Coley, L. D. Pittman, J. Roff, and E. Votruba-Drzal. 2003.
How are children affected by employment and welfare transitions?
JCPR Policy Brief 5(3), Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University/University
of Chicago.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., R. A. Moffitt, B. J. Lohman, A. J. Cherlin,
R. L. Coley, L. D. Pittman, J. Roff, and E. Votruba-Drzal. 2003.
Mothers’ transitions from welfare to work and the well-being
of preschoolers and adolescents. Science 299(5612): 1548-52.
Clampet-Lundquist, S., and K. Edin. 2003. Making a way out of
no way: How low income single mothers meet basic family needs
while moving from welfare to work. In Work-Family Challenges
for Low Income Workers and Their Children, ed. A. Booth and
N. Crouter. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.
Duncan, G., E. Clark-Kauffman, and P. Morris. 2003. How welfare
policies affect child and adolescent achievement. American
Economic Review 93(2): 299-303.
Edin, K. 2003. The close-up lens: The role of clniet-based ethnographic
research in implementation research. In Policy in Action:
Implementation Research and Welfare Reform, ed. Thomas Corbett
and Mary Clair Lennon, 165-92. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute
Press.
Moene, K. O., and M. Wallerstein. 2003. Earnings inequality and
welfare spending: A disaggregated analysis. World Politics
55(4): 485-516.
Roberts, D. E. 2003. Child welfare and civil rights. University
of Illinois Law Review 2003(1): 171-82.
Roberts, D. E., and S. L. Brooks. 2003. Social justice and family
court reform. Family Court Review 40(4): 453-59.
Roberts, D. E. 2003. Child welfare policy; Foster care. In
Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics,
and Policy, ed. G. Mink and A. O'Connor, 164-66, 327-328.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO.
Smith, C. B., M. Zaslow, T. Leventhal, K. Richter, and G. Duncan.
2003.Welfare-to-work initiatives. In Early Childhood Development
in the 21st Century, ed. J. Brooks-Gunn, A. S. Fuligni, and
L. J. Berlin, 225-78. New York: Columbia University Press.
2002
Chase-Lansdale, P. L, R. L. Coley, B. J. Lohman, and L. D. Pittman.
2002. Welfare reform:
What about the children? Policy Brief 02-1, Report of
Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. Baltimore,
MD: Johns Hopkins University.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., and L. D. Pittman. 2002. Welfare reform
and parenting: Reasonable expectations. Future of Children
12(1): 167-85.
Christopher, K., P. England, T. Smeeding, and K. Ross. 2002.
The gender gap in poverty in modern nations: Single motherhood,
the market, and the state. Sociological Perspectives
45(3): 219-42.
Duncan, G., and P. Morris. 2002. Which welfare reforms are best
for children? In Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of
the Safety Net, ed. I. Sawhill, R. K. Weaver, R. Haskins,
and A. Kane, 71-78. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Press.
England, P., and N. Folbre. 2002. Care, inequality and policy.
In Child Care and Inequality: Re-thinking Carework for Children
and Youth, ed. F. Cancian, D. Kurz, S. London, R. Reviere,
and M. Tuominen, 133-44. New York: Routledge.
England, P., and N. Folbre. 2002. Who pays for raising the next
generation of Americans––women, men, or the state?
EurAmerica 32(2): 1-23.
Meyer, B. D. 2002. Labor supply at the extensive and intensive
margins: The EITC, welfare and hours worked. American Economic
Review 92(2): 373-79.
Meyer, B. D., and A. B. Krueger. 2002. Labor supply effects of
social insurance. In Handbook of Public Economics, vol.
4, ed. A. Auerbach and M. Feldstein, 2327-92. Amersterdam: North-Holland.
Roberts, D. E., and M. B. Ward Doran. 2002. Welfare reform and
families in the child welfare system. University of Maryland
Law Review 61(2): 386-436.
2001
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., and G. Duncan. 2001. Lessons learned.
In For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being
of Children and Families, ed. G. Duncan and P. L. Chase-Lansdale,
307-22. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Christopher, K., P. England, S. McLanahan, K. Ross, and T. Smeeding.
2001. Gender inequality in poverty in affluent nations: The role
of single motherhood and the state. In Child Well-being, Child
Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations, ed. K. Vleminckx
and T. Smeeding, 199-220. London: Policy Press.
Coley, R. L., P. L. Chase-Lansdale, and C. P. Li-Grining. 2001.
Child care in the era
of welfare reform: Quality, choices, and preferences (Policy
Brief No. 01-4, Report of Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City
Study). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University.
Duncan, G., and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2001. Introduction. In
For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of
Children and Families, ed. G.J. Duncan and P. L. Chase-Lansdale,
3-8. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Duncan, G., and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2001. Welfare reform and
child well-being. In The New World of Welfare, ed. R.
B. Blank and R. T. Haskins, 391-417. Washington, D.C.: Brookings
Institution Press.
Duncan, G., B. Weber, and L. Whitener. 2001. Welfare reform in
rural America: What have we learned? American Journal of Agricultural
Economics 83(5): 1282-92.
Duncan, G., and J. Brooks-Gunn. 2001. Poverty, welfare reform,
and children’s achievement. In Social Class, Poverty
and Education: Policy and Practice, ed. B. Biddle, 49-76.
New York: Routledge-Falmer.
Duncan, G., and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2001. Welfare reform and
child well-being. In The New World of Welfare, ed. R.
M. Blank and R. T. Haskins, 391-417. Washington, D.C.: Brookings
Institution Press.
Duncan, G., R. Dunifan, M. W. Doran, and W. J. Yeung. 2001. How
different are welfare and working families? And do these differences
matter for children’s
achievement? In For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and
the Well-Being of
Children and Families, ed. G. Duncan and P. L. Chase-Lansdale,
103-31. New York: Russell Sage.
Duncan, G., and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2001. Introduction; Lessons
learned. In For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the
Well-Being of Children and Families; ed. G. Duncan and P.
L. Chase-Lansdale; 3-8, 307-22. New York: Russell Sage, 2001.
Meyer, B. D., and D. T. Rosenbaum. 2001. Welfare, the Earned
Income Tax Credit, and the labor supply of single mothers.
Quarterly Journal of Economics 116(3): 1063-114.
Moene, K. O., and M. Wallerstein. 2001. Inequality, social insurance,
and redistribution. The American Political Science Review
95(4): 859-74.
Moene, K. O., and M. Wallerstein. 2001. Targeting and political
support for welfare spending. Economics of Governance 2(1):
3-24.
Roberts, D. E., and J. Pokempner. 2001. Poverty, welfare reform,
and the meaning of disability. Ohio State Law Journal 62(1):
425-64.
Roberts, D. E. 2001. Kinship care and the price of state support
for children. Chicago-Kent Law Review 76(3): 1619-42.
Scott, E. K., K. Edin, A. S. London, and J. M. Mazelis. 2001.
My children come first: Welfare-reliant women’s post-TANF
views of work-family tradeoffs, neighborhoods, and marriage. In
For Better and For Worse Welfare Reform and the Well-Bing
of Children and Families, ed. P. L. Chase-Lansdale and G.
Duncan, 132-53. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Scott, E. K., A. S. London, and K. Edin. 2001. Looking to the
future: Welfare-reliant women talk about their job aspirations
in the context of welfare reform. Journal of Social Issues
56(4): 727-46.
2000
Cherlin, A. J., P. Winston, R. Angel, L. Burton, P. L. Chase-Lansdale,
R. Moffitt, W. J. Wilson, R. L. Coley, and J. Quane. 2000.
What welfare recipients
know about the new rules and what they have to say about them
(Policy brief 00-1). Baltimore, MD: Welfare,
Children and Families: A Three-City Study, Johns Hopkins University.
Coley, R. L., A. M. Kuta, and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2000. An
insider view: Knowledge and opinions of welfare from African American
girls in poverty. Journal of Social Issues 56(4): 707-26.
Coley, R. L., and P. L. Chase-Lansdale. 2000. Welfare receipt,
financial strain, and African-
American adolescent functioning. Social Service Review 74(3):
380-404.
Duncan, G., K. M. Harris, and J. Boisjoly. 2000. Time limits
and welfare reform: New estimates of the number and characteristics
of affected families. Social Service Review 74(1): 55-75.
Duncan, G., and J. Brooks-Gunn. 2000. Family poverty, welfare
reform and child development. Child Development 71(1):
188-96.
Meyer, B. D., and D. T. Rosenbaum. 2000. Making single mothers
work: Recent tax and welfare policy and its effects. National
Tax Journal 53(4): 1027-61. Also in Making Work Pay:
The Earned Income Tax Credit and its Impact on America’s
Families, ed. B. D. Meyer and D. Holtz-Eakin. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation, 2001.
Watkins, C. 2000. When a stumble is not a fall: Recovering from
employment setbacks in the welfare to work transition. Harvard
Journal of African American Public Policy 6(1): 63-84.
1999
Duncan, G., and G. Caspary. 1999. Welfare Dynamics and Welfare
Reform. In Families,
Poverty and Welfare Reform, ed. L. B. Joseph, 145-67. Chicago:
The Chicago Assembly.
Lewis, D. A., C. George, and D. Puntenney. 1999. Welfare reform
efforts in Illinois. In Families, Poverty and Welfare Reform,
ed. L. B. Joseph, 99-139. Champaign, Ill.: University of
Illinois Press.
Roberts, D. E. 1999. Poverty, race, and new directions in child
welfare policy. Washington University Journal of Law &
Policy 1(63): 63-77.
Roberts, D. E. 1999. Welfare's ban on poor motherhood. In
Whose Welfare? ed. Gwendolyn Mink, 152-67. Ithaca, N.Y.:
Cornell University Press.
1998
Blank, R. M. 1998. Why has economic growth been such an ineffective
tool against poverty in recent years? In Poverty and Inequality:
The Political Economy of Redistribution, ed. J. Neill, 27-42.
Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Duncan, G., and J. Brooks-Gunn. 1998. Urban poverty, welfare
reform and child development. Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities,
Race, and Poverty in the U.S., ed. F. Harris and L. Curtis,
21-32. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Edin, K., and L. Lein. 1998. The private safety net: Welfare
reform, social networks, community resources, and family well-being.
Housing Policy Debate 9(3): 541-74.
Edin, K., and K. M. Harris. 1998. Race differences in the process
of working off welfare. In Latinas and African-American Women
at Work: Race, Gender and Economic Inequality, ed. Irene
Brown, 270-301. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
1997
Blank, R. M. 1997. Policy watch: The 1996 welfare reform.
Journal of Economic Perspectives 11(1): 169-77.
Duncan, G., and G. Caspary. 1997. Welfare Dynamics and the 1996
Welfare Reforms. Notre Dame Journal of Law 11(2): 605-632.
Duncan, G. 1997. Welfare reform and employment: What we know
and what we still need to know. In Dealing with the Urban
Crisis: Linking Research to Action, ed. B. Weisbrod and J.
Worthy, 11-32. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press,
1997.
Duncan, G., and J. Brooks-Gunn. 1997. Welfare’s new rules:
A pox on children. Issues In Science and Technology 14(2):
67-72.
Edin, K., and L. Lein. 1997. Work, welfare, and single mothers’
economic survival strategies. American Sociological Review
61(2): 253-66.
1996
Blank, R. M., with P. Ruggles. 1996. When do women use AFDC and
food stamps? The dynamics of eligibility vs. participation.
Journal of Human Resources 31(1): 57-89.
Lewis, D. A., C. George, and D. Puntenney. 1996. Welfare reform:
A view from Illinois. Northwestern University Policy Research
1(1).
1995
Blank, R. M. 1995. Poverty and public policy in the 1990s. In
Populations at Risk in America, ed. G. J. Demko and M. G.
Jackson, 60-76. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press.
Duncan, G., and W. J. Yeung. 1995. Extent and consequences of
welfare dependence among America's children. Children and
Youth Services Review 17(1-2): 157-82.
Edin, K. 1995. The myths of dependency and self-sufficiency:
Women, welfare, and low-wage work. Focus, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty, 17(2):
1-9.
Hoffman, S. D., and G. Duncan. 1995. The effects of incomes,
wages, and AFDC benefits on marital disruption. Journal of
Human Resources 30(1): 19-41.
Jencks, C., and K. Edin. 1995. Do poor women have the right to
bear children? The American Prospect 1(20): 43-52.
Roberts, D. E. 1995. Irrationality and sacrifice in the welfare
reform consensus. Virginia Law Review 81(8): 2607-624.
Roberts, D. E. 1995. The only good poor woman: Unconstitutional
conditions and welfare. Denver University Law Review 72(4):
931-48.
1994
Blank, Rebecca M. 1994. Policy watch: Proposals for time-limited
welfare. Journal of Economic Perspectives 8(4): 183-93.
Blank, Rebecca M. 1994. The employment strategy: Public policies
to increase work and earnings. In Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions
for Change, ed. S. H. Danziger, G. D. Sandefur, and D. H.
Weinberg, 168-178, 184-204. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Blank, Rebecca M. 1994. Does a larger social safety net mean
less economic flexibility? In Working Under Different Rules,
ed. R. B. Freeman, 157-87. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
