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Author: Nah, Myungkyun
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The Male-Female Wage Gap: A Test of Becker's Hypothesis Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1991. Also: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=747144941&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1314210795&clientId=3959 Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Sexual Division of Labor; Wage Determination; Wage Gap This study examines the impact of marital status (which affects the household division of labor) on the wage rates of married men, single men, single women, and married women, all of whom demonstrate strong labor force attachment. According to Becker's hypothesis, being married depresses women's wage rate because household responsibilities reduce time and energy for market work. Wage equations were estimated using data from both the NLSY and the NLS of Young Women. Findings indicate that for whites, marriage and household responsibilities are not critical determinants of wage gap. Both married and single women have something in common which depresses their wages relative to those of men. In addition, wage gap analysis indicates that about 61 percent of the wage gap between married men and women and 37 percent of the gap between married men and single women is not explained by human capital characteristics and other variables included in the wage equations. This finding suggests that married women may be more discriminated against than single women or that the wage gap between married men and married women may be more affected by unmeasured factors than that between married men and single women. For blacks, findings were not consistent across equations and comparison groups. In one equation, married women's wage was lower than that of black married men, but black single women's was not--a finding that supports Becker's hypothesis. However, the wages of black single men and women were not significantly higher than those of black married women. While most findings do not support Becker's hypothesis that marriage and household responsibilities depress the wages of married women compared to other groups, they do not rule out the possibility that the anticipation of marriage leads women to make different choices than men. Occupational choices and attitudes may both lead to lower wages for women compared to men regardless of their marital status. |
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Nah, Myungkyun. The Male-Female Wage Gap: A Test of Becker's Hypothesis. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1991.. |
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Rudd, Nancy M. McKenry, Patrick C. Nah, Myungkyun |
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Welfare Receipt Among Black and White Adolescent Mothers: A Longitudinal Perspective Journal of Family Issues 11,3 (September 1990): 334-352. Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/11/3/334.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing; Childbearing, Adolescent; Educational Attainment; Income; Labor Force Participation; Marital Status; Mothers, Adolescent; Parents, Single; Racial Differences; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the NLSY were analyzed to determine whether the impact of adolescent childbearing on women's subsequent contact with the welfare system differed for black and white women. Results of a path analysis indicate that there were distinctive differences between young black and white women in the way early childbearing influences welfare receipt over an eight-year period. These differences were not fully apparent unless both direct and indirect effects of predictor variables were taken into account. |
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Rudd, Nancy M., Patrick C. McKenry and Myungkyun Nah. "Welfare Receipt Among Black and White Adolescent Mothers: A Longitudinal Perspective." Journal of Family Issues 11,3 (September 1990): 334-352.
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Rudd, Nancy M. Nah, Myungkyun |
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The Impact of Teenage Childbearing on Selected Indicators of Women's Economic Well-Being in Early Adulthood: A Decade Comparison In: Families in Transition: Structural Changes and Effects on Family Life. R. Walker, ed., Alexandria, VA: American Home Economics Association, 1989 Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Women Publisher: American Home Economics Association, now: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Birth Rate; Childbearing; Childbearing, Adolescent; Educational Attainment; Parents, Single; Racial Differences; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the NLSY and Young Women's cohorts were analyzed to determine whether the impact of teenage childbearing on white and black women's subsequent educational attainment, experience as a single parent, and contact with the welfare system had changed between the 1970s and 1980s. Results indicate that the general pattern of relationships between predictor variables and the above dependent variables remained the same but that the magnitude of effects has changed. Despite the fact that the birth rate to teenagers went down substantially in the U.S. during this time period, results indicate that for those who do become teen mothers there continues to be a substantial cost in the form of foregone education, increased time spent as a single parent, and increased contact with the welfare system. However, results suggest that the amount of foregone education may have declined slightly for blacks and that the impact of a teen birth on time spent as a single parent has increased considerably. However, this increase in single parenthood associated with a teen birth may not have translated into increased welfare use. Whether this tentative finding reflects the more stringent eligibility requirements for AFDC implemented in the early 1980s or a more economically diverse population of single parent mothers, as a result of the considerable increase in the size of this population, cannot be determined from the data. |
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Bibliography Citation
Rudd, Nancy M. and Myungkyun Nah. "The Impact of Teenage Childbearing on Selected Indicators of Women's Economic Well-Being in Early Adulthood: A Decade Comparison" In: Families in Transition: Structural Changes and Effects on Family Life. R. Walker, ed., Alexandria, VA: American Home Economics Association, 1989
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