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Welfare-to-Work Programs Hold a Contradicting Effect on Parents and Their Families' Wellbeing

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2013

Authors

Gazso, Amber

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Social assistance reforms have tried to combat unemployment and poverty by tying welfare benefits to labour. However, welfare-to-work programs offer little gain for parents who have to balance between work and caregiving demands.

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Poverty, Politics, Social Development and Welfare

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Gazso, A. (2007). Staying Afloat on Social Assistance: Parents’ Strategies of Balancing Employability Expectations and Caregiving Demands. Socialist Studies, 3(2), 31-63.