@article{Lerman:289500, recid = {289500}, author = {Lerman, Robert I. and McKernan, Signe-Mary and Pindus, Nancy}, title = {Welfare Reforms and Employment of Single Mothers: Are Rural Areas Keeping Pace?}, journal = {Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives}, address = {2001-09}, number = {2221-2019-2478}, year = {2001}, abstract = {Changes in social policies in the mid-1990s increased the penalties for not working and raised the rewards for working. These policies played a major role in stimulating employment among single mothers and the gains were approximately as high in nonmetro areas as in metro areas}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/289500}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.289500}, }