Single Parent Families and Public Policy: Evidence from High-Income Countries

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September 2022 | SAGE Publications, Inc

For decades, single-parent families in the United States have captured the attention of policymakers, political actors, and social reformers. This is understandable: the absence of a second parent in a child’s home – nearly always the father – places families and children at risk of economic insecurity and material hardship.

Policymaking in the U.S. that seeks to help single parent families and children is rarely informed by evidence from other high-income countries and by policy experimentation abroad. This is a lost opportunity. This volume brings together thirty researchers from many academic disciplines to assess the well-being of single parent families and children in other countries and in other public policy regimes.

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Janet C. Gornick Laurie C. Maldonado Amanda Sheely

Single-Parent Families and Public Policy in High-Income Countries: Introduction to the Volume

Poverty, Employment, Income, and Income-Support Policies

Regina S. Baker

Ethno-Racial Variation in Single Motherhood Prevalences and Penalties for Child Poverty in the United States, 1995–2018

Thomas Biegert David Brady Lena Hipp

Cross-National Variation in the Relationship between Welfare Generosity and Single Mother Employment

Elise Aerts Ive Marx Zachary Parolin

Income Support Policies for Single Parents in Europe and the United States: What Works Best?

Support from Nonresident Fathers

Lenna Nepomnyaschy Margaret Thomas Alex Haralampoudis Huiying Jin

Nonresident Fathers and the Economic Precarity of Their Children

Mia Hakovirta Laura Cuesta Mari Haapanen Daniel R. Meyer

Child Support Policy across High-Income Countries: Similar Problems, Different Approaches

Childcare, Parental Leave, and Immigration Policies

Rense Nieuwenhuis

Single Parents Competing in a Dual-Earner Society: Social Policy to Level the Playing Field

Alzbeta Bartova Adeline Otto Wim Van Lancker

Making Parental Leave Policies Work for Single Mothers: Lessons from Europe

Isabel Shutes

Immigration Policies and the Risks of Single Parenthood for Migrant Women

Across the Income Distribution and Wealth

Susan Harkness

Single Mothers’ Income in Twelve Rich Countries: Differences in Disadvantage across the Distribution

Salvatore Morelli Brian Nolan Juan C. Palomino Philippe Van Kerm

The Wealth (Disadvantage) of Single-Parent Households

Single-Parent Families in the U.S. during COVID-19

Zachary Parolin Emma K. Lee

Economic Precarity among Single Parents in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Summative Commentaries

Isabel V. Sawhill

Single Parents in High-Income Countries: What the United States Can Learn from Others

Janet C. Gornick Laurie C. Maldonado Amanda Sheely

Effective Policies for Single-Parent Families and Prospects for Policy Reforms in the United States: Concluding Reflections

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