Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/160970 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 298
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
The belief that single motherhood is the pre-eminent cause of poverty in America has become a bipartisan cliché. The welfare reform enacted in 1996 was designed, among other things, to discourage single parenthood and to promote marriage. Yet a look at the experiences and policies of other nations suggests a more complex story of the causes and cure of poverty. Evidence from Europe shows that the remedy is increasing the economic resources available to low-income families-through better paying jobs that relieve poverty directly and social supports that reconcile paid employment with reliable parenting.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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