title: Lone mothers: a review.
abstract: "This paper briefly reviews recent empirical studies on the economic behavior 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."
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011632:Public Assistance; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D020954:Single-Parent Family; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Head Of Household--women; Households; Human Resources; Labor Force--women; Literature Review; One Parent Family--women; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Public Assistance--determinants; Research Methodology; Social Policy; Studies; Time Factors; World