Lone mothers: What is to be done?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Himmelweit, Susan ^a   Bergmann, Barbara ^b   Green, Kate ^c   Albelda, Randy ^d   Koren, Charlotte ^e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b One Parent Families ^*  (United States)

^c One Parent Families   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Care work; Family policy; Lone mothers; Poverty; Welfare state; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042701273     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570042000217793     Document Type: Review

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