Married to the military : the employment and earnings of military wives compared with those of civilian wives /

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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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Hosek, James R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002.
Subjects:
Military spouses > Employment > United States.
Military spouses > Salaries, etc. > United States.
Married women > Employment > United States.
Wives > Salaries, etc. > United States.
Militaires > Conjoints > Travail > États-Unis.
Militaires > Conjoints > États-Unis > Traitements, indemnités, etc.
Femmes mariées > Travail > États-Unis.
Femmes mariées > États-Unis > Traitements, indemnités, etc.
HISTORY > Military > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Married women > Employment
Recruiting and enlistment
United States > Armed Forces > Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical considerations
  • Data, methodology, and empirical hypotheses
  • Descriptive results
  • Regression results
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Data sources
  • Appendix B. Summary statistics and regression coefficients
  • Appendix C. Present of children under age 6 among families with children.

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