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Much of the debate over welfare reauthorization centers on whether marriage promotion should play a key role. Few studies, however, have tracked the marriage and divorce histories of unwed mothers, including minority women, who are often the main targets of welfare reform. Data from the 1995...
Conservatives have decidedthat what ails America is that not enough of us aregetting and staying married. They have a point. Not only arefewer people marrying than in the past but, more disturbingly,one out of every three children is born outside of marriage.The life chances of these children...
This paper evaluates a burgeoning literature on the effects of the 1996 welfare reform bill. Our goal is to shift the debate from the current preoccupation with declining caseloads to one focused on the social and economic well-being of fragile families, single mothers, and children. The welfare...