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Married to the military : the employment and earnings of military wives compared with those of civilian wives / James Hosek ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military spouses--Employment--United States.
- Military spouses.
- Military spouses--Salaries, etc--United States.
- Married women--Employment--United States.
- Married women.
- Wives--Salaries, etc--United States.
- Wives.
- United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Today's military is a military of families; many service members are married, and many of their spouses work and contribute to family income. But military wives earn less than civilian wives, and this study seeks to understand why. The authors find that military wives, knowing they are likely to move frequently, are willing to accept jobs that offer a lower wage rather than to use more of their remaining time at a location to find a higher-wage job. Compared with civilian wives, military wives tend to work somewhat less if they have young children but somewhat more if their children are older.
- Contents:
- PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; Chapter Three DATA, METHODOLOGY, AND EMPIRICAL HYPOTHESES; DATA; EMPIRICAL METHODS; EMPIRICAL HYPOTHESES; Chapter Four DESCRIPTIVE RESULTS; HUSBAND-AND-WIFE EARNINGS; WIFE'S EARNINGS; WORKED IN YEAR; WORKED FULL-TIME; WEEKLY HOURS; ANNUAL WEEKS WORKED; WEEKLY EARNINGS; MIGRATION; SUMMARY OF DESCRIPTIVE FINDINGS; Chapter Five REGRESSION RESULTS; PREDICTED LABOR SUPPLY AND WEEKLY WAGE FOR SIMILAR WIVES; AGE; MIGRATION; CHILDREN
- TIME TRENDSUNEMPLOYMENT RATE EFFECTS; LOCATION EFFECTS; Chapter Six CONCLUSION; DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; Appendix A DATA SOURCES; Appendix B SUMMARY STATISTICS AND REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; Appendix C PRESENCE OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 AMONG FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN; BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Notes:
- "National Defense Research Institute."
- "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
- "MR-1565."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-28300-6
- 9786612283000
- 0-8330-3400-6
- OCLC:
- 475918156
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