TY - JOUR
AU - Webster, David
AB - Deindustrialization has eliminated many traditionally male jobs in Great Britain. Using geographical comparisons based on Census data, this paper estimates that the resulting fall in male employment explains between 38% and 59% of the 1.16m increase in lone parent families over the period 19712001. The impact was greatest in the areas which suffered most from industrial decline. Higher male employment would help to contain, and maybe reverse, the growth of lone parenthood, by reducing inflows into lone parenthood and increasing outflows through re-partnering and consequent stepfamily formation. Female employment is found to have no consistent net effect on lone parenthood.
TI - Male worklessness and the rise of lone parenthood in Great Britain
JF - Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
DO - 10.1093/cjres/rsm004
DA - 2008-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/male-worklessness-and-the-rise-of-lone-parenthood-in-great-britain-jm0C030V2E
SP - 69
EP - 88
VL - 1
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -