The Long-Term Effects on Children and Adolescents of a Policy Providing Work Supports for Low-Income Parents

Autor/inn/en	Huston, Aletha C.; Gupta, Anjali E.; Walker, Jessica Thornton; Dowsett, Chantelle J.; Epps, Sylvia R.; Imes, Amy E.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.
Titel	The Long-Term Effects on Children and Adolescents of a Policy Providing Work Supports for Low-Income Parents
Quelle	In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30 (2011) 4, S.729-754 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-8739
DOI	10.1002/pam.20613
Schlagwörter	Low Income Groups; Parents; Employment; Poverty Programs; Welfare Services; Children; Adolescents; Academic Achievement; Social Behavior; Student Motivation; Well Being; Behavior Problems; Parent Child Relationship; Peer Relationship; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Child Care; Followup Studies; Program Effectiveness; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Dienstverhältnis; Armenfürsorge; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schulleistung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Schulische Motivation; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium
Abstract	New Hope, an employment-based poverty-reduction intervention for adults evaluated in a random-assignment experimental design, had positive impacts on children's achievement and social behavior two and five years after random assignment. The question addressed in this paper was the following: Did the positive effects of New Hope on younger children diminish or even reverse when children reached the challenges of adolescence (eight years after random assignment)? Small positive impacts on school progress, school motivation, positive social behavior, child well-being, and parent control endured, but impacts on school achievement and problem behavior were no longer evident. The most likely reasons for lasting impacts were that New Hope families were slightly less likely to be poor, and children had spent more time in center-based child care and structured activities. New Hope represents a model policy that could produce modest improvements in the lives of low-income adults and children. (Contains 2 figures, 6 footnotes and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10