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Lone Mothers: A Review

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  • Staat, Matthias
  • Wagenhals, Gerhard

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This paper briefly reviews recent empirical studies on the economic behaviour of lone mothers concentrating on the duration of lone motherhood, on labour supply, and on the determinants of their welfare participation. We start out by sketching some stylised facts about lone-mother-families in various countries. With this background we give a guided tour through the empirical literature followed by a summary of the policy implications of the results presented.

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  • Staat, Matthias & Wagenhals, Gerhard, 1996. "Lone Mothers: A Review," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 9(2), pages 131-140, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:9:y:1996:i:2:p:131-40
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    1. Alan S Duncan & Mark N Harris & Anthony Harris & Eugenio Zucchelli, 2013. "The Influence of Psychological Well-being, Ill Health and Health Shocks on Single Parents' Labour Supply," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series WP1307, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School.
    2. Staat, Matthias & Wagenhals, Gerhard, 1996. "Lone Mothers: A Review," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 9(2), pages 131-140, May.
    3. Gaia Garino & Peter Simmons, 2006. "Costly State Verification with Varying Risk Preferences and Liability," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(1), pages 71-110, February.

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    JEL classification:

    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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