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Lone parents: unemployed or otherwise engaged?

Paper that examines change and continuity in policy approaches to supporting lone parent families since 1997. The paper considers whether re-categorizing those lone parents not engaged with the labour market as 'unemployed' reopens old debates about who deserves financial support from the state.

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Published: 
2012
Author: 
Laura Davies
Publisher: 
University of Leeds