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Title: Effect of Divorce on Wages of Working Women
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Peterson, Richard R. |
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Effect of Divorce on Wages of Working Women Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 6 (1987): 61-79 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: JAI Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Divorce; Dual Economic Theory; Wages, Women; Women This paper provides an analysis of the long-term effects of divorce on women's wages based on the NLS of Mature Women, 1967-1977 (number of cases = 3,964). It is found that, in the long run, working divorced women build up a wage advantage over working married women. Structural and individualist models are considered to account for this wage advantage. A labor market segmentation model indicates that divorced (and other single) women are more likely than married women to be working in advantaged segments of the labor market, particularly in large firms, suggesting that such firms prefer to have single or divorced women. Results from the individualist models (human capital and family role) indicate that part of the wage advantage of divorced women can also be attributed to their greater education and work experience. [Sociological Abstracts, Inc.] |
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Peterson, Richard R. "Effect of Divorce on Wages of Working Women." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 6 (1987): 61-79.
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