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The long‐term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low‐income parents

dc.contributor.authorHuston, Aletha C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Anjali E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Jessica Thorntonen_US
dc.contributor.authorDowsett, Chantelle J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEpps, Sylvia R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorImes, Amy E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcLoyd, Vonnie C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-10T15:36:39Z
dc.date.available2012-11-02T18:56:47Zen_US
dc.date.issued2011-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationHuston, Aletha C.; Gupta, Anjali E.; Walker, Jessica Thornton; Dowsett, Chantelle J.; Epps, Sylvia R.; Imes, Amy E.; McLoyd, Vonnie C. (2011). "The long‐term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low‐income parents." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 30(4): 729-754. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87035>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0276-8739en_US
dc.identifier.issn1520-6688en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87035
dc.description.abstractNew 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. © 2011 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Companyen_US
dc.titleThe long‐term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low‐income parentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Sciences (General)en_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumProfessor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherProfessor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austinen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother1 University Station, A2702, 108 Dean Keaton, Room Seay 1.432, Austin, TX 78712–0141en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherResearcher/Statistician, 5106 Ravensdale Lane, Austin, TX 78723en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDoctoral Candidate, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austinen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherResearch Associate, University of Kansas, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd., Watson Library, 470, Lawrence, KS 66045en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSenior Researcher, Decision Information Resources, Inc., 2600 Southwest Freeway, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77098en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherResearcher, 7309 Tanaqua Lane, Austin, TX 78739en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pam.20613en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Policy Analysis and Managementen_US
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