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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220136903321

Titolo

Married to the military : the employment and earnings of military wives compared with those of civilian wives / / James Hosek ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002

ISBN

1-282-28300-6

9786612283000

0-8330-3400-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HosekJames R

Disciplina

355.1/2

Soggetti

Military spouses - Employment - United States

Military spouses - Salaries, etc - United States

Married women - Employment - United States

Wives - Salaries, etc - United States

United States Armed Forces Recruiting, enlistment, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"National Defense Research Institute."

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"MR-1565."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.