pt. 1. How has the availability, content, and stability of the jobs available for the working poor changed in recent decades? The low-wage labor market : trends and policy implications / Jared Bernstein

Labor market and family trends and public policy responses / Paula England

Beyond low wages : underemployment in America / Leif Jensen and Timothy Slack

Changing families, shifting economic fortunes, and meeting basic needs / Lynne M. Casper and Rosalind B. King

pt. 2. What features of work timing matter for families? Employment in a 24-7 economy : challenges for the family / Harriet B. Presser

The time and timing of work : unique challenges facing low-income families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins

Exploring process and control in families working nonstandard schedules / Kerry Daly

Using daily diaries to assess temporal friction between work and family / David M. Almeida

pt. 3. How are the childcare needs of low-income families being met? Childcare for low-income families : problems and promises / Aletha C. Huston

The crisis of care / Barrie Thorne

Childcare as a work support, a child-focused intervention, and a job / C. Cybele Raver

Childcare for low-income families : problems and promise / Martha Zaslow

pt. 4. How are the challenges of managing work and family experienced by low-income men and women? "Making a way out of no way" : how mothers meet basic family needs while moving from welfare to work / Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Kathryn Edin, Andrew London, Ellen Scott, and Vicki Hunter

Should promoting marriage be the next stage of welfare reform? / Benjamin R. Karney and Shauna H. Springer

Making our way together : collaboration in the move from welfare to work / Lynne A. Bond and Amy M. Carmola Hauf

The growing compliance burden for recipients of public assistance / Andrew J. Cherlin

Balancing work and family : problems and solutions for low-income families / Daniel N. Hawkins and Shawn D. Whiteman.