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| Below is the newest installation of Research News Reporter (RNR) Online. Each month a new edition will be posted. Previous editions can be viewed in the Archives. |
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October 2003 |
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IWPR’s
Research News Reporter is distributed monthly to highlight inventive,
informative, innovative, and sometimes controversial research relating to
women and their families. Each selection includes a short description of
the research and either a link to the report itself or a citation where
the link can be accessed. 1.
Engaging Women in Environmental Activism: Recommendations for
Rachel’s Network This
report compiles research on women’s attitudes toward environmentalism
and suggests methods of engaging women in the environmental movement.
The report finds that women are less likely to support
environmental spending cuts than men, and, while woman are generally less
likely than men to engage in political participation, they are more likely
than men to volunteer for environmental causes. The authors provide suggestions for further research
involving women’s attitudes toward and involvement in the environmental
movement. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/I913.pdf
The
authors of this report used the District of Columbia’s Tuition
Assistance Grant program (DCTAG), which allows DC residents to attend
public colleges and universities through the United States and pay the
in-state tuition rate, to determine the effect that financial aid has on
the enrollment decisions of potential college students. The authors find that the number of DC residents applying to
and enrolling in participating colleges substantially increased.
This program will hopefully create greater opportunites for
lower-income families to send their children to college.
http://www.ers.princeton.edu/workingpapers/2_ers.pdf
In
the current economic climate, workers aged 16 to 24 years make up a
disproportionate percentage of unemployed workers. Youth
employment programs play a role in providing academic and skills training
to “disconnected youth,” but there are other factors that must be
addressed in preparing these youths for success.
The author argues that education in reproductive choices should be
an integral part of youth employment programs in order to assist these
at-risk youths in achieving stable, prosperous careers.
This report also provides information for staff in the youth
employment fields to implement the author’s suggestions.
http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1062008662.9/Advice.pdf.
During
the welfare reauthorization process, child care has been a constant topic
of debate, as Congress seeks to increase work requirements without a
corresponding increase in child care subsidies.
The authors review research on the relationship between child care
assistance and maternal employment and job retention.
This briefing paper also discusses the importance of quality child
care for children’s emotional, social and cognitive development.
The report recommends that affordable, quality child care be made
available for all low-income and working families. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/G714.pdf
This
report attempts to document the current “erosion of marriage” and the
relationship between marriage and the economic and social well-being of
families. The authors argue
on behalf of President Bush’s plan to include marriage promotion in
welfare reauthorization as a means of lifting children and families out of
poverty and attempt to rebuff arguments by other organizations (including
IWPR) that the money would be better spent on other programs.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/BG1677.cfm To
access IWPR’s Briefing Paper examining marriage promotion and the needs
of low-income women entitled “Marriage Promotion & Low-Income
Communities: An Examination of Real Needs and Real Solutions,” please
click here: http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/d450.pdf |
