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Title: The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Divorced and Separated Women: Differences by Race
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1. Mauldin, Teresa A.
Koonce, Joan
The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Divorced and Separated Women: Differences by Race
The Review of Black Political Economy 18,4 (Spring 1990): 55-68.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v216q141u35p7w4q/
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: National Economic Association
Keyword(s): Divorce; Educational Attainment; Human Capital Theory; Income; Marital Disruption; Racial Differences; Work Experience

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This study investigated the impact of investments in human capital on the economic well-being of black and white women immediately following marital disruption. It also explored the extent to which the observed differences in income between the two groups were due to differences in the levels of qualities (endowments) or differences in the impact of these qualities (discrimination). The average differences in endowments explained almost two-thirds of the income gap between black and white women. Most of this explanatory power was due to differences in educational attainment, work experience, and region.
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Mauldin, Teresa A. and Joan Koonce. "The Effect of Human Capital on the Economic Status of Divorced and Separated Women: Differences by Race." The Review of Black Political Economy 18,4 (Spring 1990): 55-68.