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Estimation of the Earnings Functions of Married Women in the Presence of Discontinuous Labor Supply Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 1984. Also: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/33897923_Estimation_of_the_earnings_functions_of_married_women_in_the_presence_of_discontinuous_labor_supply_ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Behavior; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Occupational Investment; Work History During the last decade numerous authors have attempted to evaluate the sources of inequality in earnings between males and females. Much of the research has focused on the effects of labor market discrimination and differential investment in human capital. This study tests the hypothesis that the "observed" investment ratios profiles of married women are consistent with the "optimal" investment ratios profiles, taking explicit account of the timing and duration of the non-participation of married women. If there were no market discrimination against women in providing job opportunities and on-the-job training, the main barrier preventing married women from working continuously is the bearing and rearing of children. In that case, the rational investment behavior of married women will be mainly affected by the timing and duration of nonparticipation due to children anticipated at the outset of their adult life. Thus, accepting the hypothesis is equivalent to confirming that human capital theory, rather than market discrimination, provides a more plausible explanation of the earnings profiles of married women. Using data from the four years of the NLS, the results of the estimations show that the claim that human capital theory, rather than market discrimination, provides a more plausible explanation of the earnings profiles of married women receives less support than previously indicated and actually seems to be placed in some doubt. |
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Kim, Jae Won. Estimation of the Earnings Functions of Married Women in the Presence of Discontinuous Labor Supply. Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 1984.. |