Lone Parenthood: An Economic Analysis: 44 (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Occasional Papers, Series Number 44) - Hardcover

John F. Ermisch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521412439 ISBN 13: 9780521412438

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This 1991 book analyzes the flows into and out of lone parenthood, using demographic and employment histories from a British survey .

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This 1991 book analyzes the flows into and out of lone parenthood, using demographic and employment histories from a British national survey carried out in 1980. It also studies the lone parents' movements into and out of paid employment, and the effect of welfare benefits on their employment.

Synopsis

In 1989, one-parent families comprised seventeen percent of all families with dependent children, and their number has almost doubled in the past two decades. Almost all the information we have hitherto had about them comes from 'snapshots' in cross-section surveys. This book analyzes for the first time the flows into and out of lone parenthood, using demographic and employment histories from a British national survey carried out in 1980. It studies how various socio-economic characteristics of women and their economic environment, such as welfare benefits, affect these flows, and how these interact to determine the attributes of the population of one-parent families, particularly their economic circumstances. The book also studies the lone parents' movements into and out of paid employment, and the effect of welfare benefits on their employment. The analyses are used to gauge the effects of alternative policies on one-parent families, their paid employment, and their living standards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521412439
• ISBN 13: 9780521412438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220