Working Paper #7
Workforce Development, Welfare Reform, and Child Well-Being
The first Working Paper from the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs summarizes recent evidence from a series of evaluations of family self-sufficiency programs. These studies show that policies can be successful in achieving both positive economic benefits for parents (increased employment, for example) and positive educational effects on their children. It need not be the case that increasing mothers’ work effort, for example, simply increases their time away from the family and harms their children. Certain types of economic policies can in fact benefit children’s school performance and social behavior.
Suggested citation: National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs (2008). Workforce Development, Welfare Reform, and Child Well-Being: Working Paper #7. Retrieved from http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu
Note: This publication was formerly titled Forum Working Paper #1. The Forum was previously named the National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation.
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