Publications [#345980] of Lisa A. Gennetian

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Journal Articles

  1. Gennetian, LA; Duncan, G; Knox, V; Vargas, W; Clark-Kauffman, E; London, AS. "How welfare policies affect adolescents' school outcomes: A synthesis of evidence from experimental studies." Journal of Research on Adolescence 14.4 (January, 2004): 399-423. [doi]
    (last updated on 2026/01/20)

    Abstract:
    Using data from 8 random assignment studies and employing meta-analytic techniques, this article provides systematic evidence that welfare and work policies targeted at low-income parents have small adverse effects on some school outcomes among adolescents ages 12 to 18 years at follow-up. These adverse effects were observed mostly for school performance outcomes and occurred in programs that required mothers to work or participate in employment-related activities and those that encouraged mothers to work voluntarily. The most pronounced negative effects on school outcomes occurred for the group of adolescents who had a younger sibling, possibly because of the increased home and sibling care responsibilities they assumed as their mothers increased their employment.

Lisa A. Gennetian

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