Title | Trends in the Labor Force Participation of Married Women |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | House, CL, Laitner, J, Stolyarov, D |
Series Title | Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Working Paper |
Document Number | WP 2007-171 |
Institution | Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan |
City | Ann Arbor, MI |
Call Number | newpubs20080229_wp171.pdf |
Keywords | Adult children, Consumption and Savings, Employment and Labor Force, Women and Minorities |
Abstract | This study seeks to quantify determinants, and costs, of the labor force participation of married women. We use demographic and earnings data from the Health and Retirement Study. The earnings data constitute an unusually long panel but have the defect of lacking corresponding reports on work hours. By using a highly structured model and concentrating on the participation margin, we nevertheless feel that we can make substantial progress. Our preliminary regression results imply that married women s market work disrupts their household consumption slightly less than one half as much as men s work (relative to complete household retirement). We lay out a course of additional steps that can, we believe, clarify these results even more precisely in the near future. |
URL | https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/trends-in-the-labor-force-participation-of-married-women-2/ |
Endnote Keywords | Marital Status/Women, Working/Labor Force Participation/Consumption |
Endnote ID | 18360 |
Citation Key | 5689 |