The Impact of Military Life on Spouse Labor Force Outcomes

Abstract

This report examines military and nonmilitary factors that determine labor force participation, employment, and level of employment of Army wives. The research is based on 1985 DoD Member and Spouse survey data. The framework for the study is household utility model, which assumes that a woman's decision to participate in the labor force is a function of her market wage, her reservation wage, and her personal tastes and preferences. Profit analyses were performed on three separate equations that estimated probabilities of Army spouse employment (v. nonemployment), full-time work (v. part-time work), and employment in a job that uses her skills (v. underemployment). Further simulations estimated probable changes in employment patterns with a continental U.S. (CONUS) (vs. OCONUS) location, the presence of an installation-level spouse employment program, and increased levels of spouse education and/or soldier tour length. Keywords: Employment; Surveys; Females; Army personnel; Retention(Psychology).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA224934

Entities

People

  • Brad J. Schwartz
  • Janet Griffith
  • Lisa Wood

Organizations

  • RTI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Models
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Information Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics
  • Surveys

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  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
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