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Work and family life: parental work schedules and child academic achievement
- Authors:
- VINCENT Chrissy D., NEIS Barbara L.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 14(4), November 2011, pp.449-468.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This review explores the relationship between parental work schedules and child academic achievement. Existing research focused on that relationship has been narrow in scope and has largely ignored the issue of underlying mechanisms. The review seeks to explore those shortcomings by introducing a conceptual framework that sets out some potential pathways through which parental work schedules might exert an impact on the academic achievement of children. Characteristics of parental work schedules that might be relevant in today's rapidly changing world are identified and connected to child achievement by way of a review of research evidence supporting each of the links in the proposed framework. Finally, the review draws on existing research to suggest some ways in which governments, employers, and families might mitigate any risks to child achievement conveyed through the pathways presented in the framework.
Barriers to employment among TANF applicants and their consequences for self-sufficiency
- Authors:
- DWORSKY Amy, COURTNEY Mark E.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 88(3), July 2007, pp.379-390.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
This article examines the prevalence of potential barriers to employment using data from a longitudinal study of 1,075 Milwaukee County parents who applied for assistance from Wisconsin’s TANF program in 1999. It also examines whether those potential barriers were related to their subsequent employment and earnings. Results found that many of these TANF applicants faced significant and often
Working for families evaluation phase 1 (2004-2006)
- Authors:
- MCQUAID Ronald, BOND Sue, FUERTES Vanesa
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 524p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report presents an evaluation of Phase 1 of the Working for Families Fund (WFF) covering 2004-06. WFF was established to invest in new initiatives to improve the employability of parents who have difficulties. Literature and policies that are relevant to the WFF policy and client groups are reviewed. An outline of the social and economic context in each of the WFF local authority areas
Working for families phase 1 evaluation (2004-06): executive summary report to the Scottish Executive by the Employment Research Institute Napier University, March 2007
- Author:
- EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report presents an evaluation of Phase 1 of the Working for Families Fund (WFF) covering 2004-06. WFF was established to invest in new initiatives to improve the employability of parents who have difficulties in participating in the labour market, specifically in employment, education or training. The WFF programme focuses on disadvantaged parents, specifically lone parents, parents who are on low incomes, and disadvantaged parents with other stresses in the household that make it difficult to access and sustain employment, education or training, including disability, mental health and substance abuse problems. The report considers activity in Phase 1 (2004-06), focusing on the key aspects of the fund, the clients involved, the outcomes, and conclusions and recommendations.
Tag-team parenting: costs and benefits of utilizing nonoverlapping shift work in families with young children
- Author:
- HATTERY Angela J.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 82(4), July 2001, pp.419-427.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Qualitative data are analyzed in an attempt to further understand the costs and benefits of utilising nonoverlapping shift work as a strategy for balancing and weaving work and family. In addition to saving on child care costs, this strategy appeals to many families with young children because it enables the parents to provide all of the child care themselves. Though many families cite
Your flexible friends
- Author:
- BRIMBLE Jude
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.8.00, 2000, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
One of the cornerstones of a fairer society is supposed to be more flexible working relations for those with families. The author looks at why employees and employers should welcome them.
Symbolic boundaries: integration and separation of work and family life
- Author:
- BA' Stefano
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 14(3), August 2011, pp.317-334.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this article is to investigate how working parents make sense of family and work life through an analysis of the boundaries between the 2 domains of ‘work’ and ‘home’. It assesses the meaning of these boundaries according to the symbolic and emotional focus that working parents give to one or both of these domains. The study comprised a series of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 32 couples with at least one dependent child living in and around Manchester. The interviews investigated: how parents related to their employment position; ways in which they attach meaning to family life; the sense of self-esteem they derive from work; and the extent to which they feel defined by these domains of life. The findings show that working parents differ in using emotional and symbolic resources when mediating the demands of family and work and giving meaning to them. The way in which they manage these boundaries is interpreted within a framework of ‘integrating’ and ‘separating’ practices. The mediating position of parents implies a host of different strategies within this framework on a continuum from ‘integrating’ to ‘separating’ positions.
Helping more parents move into work: an evaluation of the extension of New Deal Plus for lone parents and in work credit: phase 1 report
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Rita
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 117p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises interim findings from the first phase of a 2 part qualitative evaluation of a series of Department for Work and Pensions policy measures targeted at lone and couple parents, which aimed to increase parental employment as well as reduce child poverty. The measures include the expansion of the New Deal Plus for Lone Parents (NDfLP), including In Work Credit (IWC). The aim of the evaluation overall was to explore whether the measures offered an adequate package of support to parents and encouraged them to enter and sustain work. This report covers early implementation, delivery and operational issues, together with awareness and use of NDfLP and IWC by Jobcentre Plus staff and couple parents. The research involved case studies in 2 pilot areas, one in London and in the West Midlands, approximately a year after the last of the measures was introduced. Interviews were conducted with 61 couple parents, of whom 31 were main claimant parents. Interviews were also carried out with 14 Jobcentre Plus staff, and 3 focus groups were held with 22 advisory staff. The findings show little evidence to indicate that the extension of NDfLP had succeeded in its aim of offering couple parents support comparable to the help available to lone parents. The report discusses the delivery, operational and policy design issues which may help explain why many couple parents might have missed out on receiving appropriate support.
Families and work: revisiting barriers to employment
- Authors:
- BASHIR Nadia, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 81p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
In recent years, various government initiatives have been designed to encourage and support parents to make the transition into work. This study aimed to establish whether these incentives are helping parents to overcome the various barriers known to impede their engagement in the formal labour market. The report draws on research commissioned by the DWP in 2008. In-depth qualitative interviews with 67 parents from the previous study were re-analysed paying particular attention to the interaction between parenthood and work. Subsequently, a series of additional interviews explored issues not covered by the original interviews. This comprised 12 repeat interviews with parents who participated in the original study, and 38 in-depth, qualitative interviews with new respondents. The report outlines the findings and policy implications on the following issues: full-time parenting and decisions about returning to work; important considerations for parents regarding the job search; easing the transition to work using transitional and in-work benefits; and experiences of work.
The relationships of flexible work schedules, workplace support, supervisory support, work-life balance, and the well-being of working parents
- Author:
- JANG Soo Jung
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 35(2), 2009, pp.93-104.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A secondary dataset from the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce is used to explore how 1,200 working parents cope with employment demands and family responsibilities. Employee well-being is treated as an endogenous latent construct, while work schedule flexibility, workplace support, supervisory support and work-life balance are latent exogenous constructs. A confirmatory factor