Rebekah Levine Coley|Heather J. Bachman|Elizabeth Votruba?Drzal|Brenda J. Lohman|Christine P. Li?Grining
Maternal welfare and employment experiences and adolescent well-being: Do mothers' human capital characteristics matter?
Boston College
using representative sample 900 lowincome urban families threecity study analyses assessed whether maternal human capital characteristics moderate relationships mothers welfare employment experiences young adolescents wellbeing results indicate synergistic effects whereby greater maternal education literacy skills enhanced positive links mothers new sustained employment improvements adolescent cognitive psychosocial functioning greater human capital also enhanced negative links loss maternal employment adolescent functioning mothers entrances onto welfare appeared protective adolescents mothers little education predicted decreased psychosocial functioning among teens educated mothers results suggest maternal human capital characteristics may alter payback welfare work experiences lowincome families