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1.	Tzeng, Meei-Shenn
1.	Labor Market Experiences and Socioeconomic Effects on Marital Dissolution Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1993. DAI-A 54/07, p. 2748, Jan 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Men, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Demography; Family Studies; Marital Instability; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Occupational Attainment; Socioeconomic Factors This dissertation examines the effects on marital instability of husbands' and wives' labor market characteristics over the course of marriage since the mid-1960s. Three National Longitudinal Surveys and discrete hazard models are used to analyze the relationship between marital breakup and the changing aspects of couples' labor market characteristics, such as educational attainment, annual income, employment status, and occupation. In this study we investigate the effects on marital dissolution of (1) husbands' and wives' levels, differences, and changes in labor market characteristics; (2) heterogamy status and postmarital changes in heterogamy status; and (3) both spouses' occupations and the differences in couples' occupational achievement. The results suggest that, first of all, total levels of couples' educational attainment and recent work experiences positively affect marital stability. Positive changes in wives' socioeconomic and labor force characteristics over the course of their marriages increase the odds of marital disruption. As for the effects of marital heterogamy, we find that the risk of marital instability is highest among couples whose age and education status are heterogamous, and who do not follow the most traditional working arrangement where only the husband is employed full time in the labor market. Those couples who do change their original education to an equal standing and change employment status to more conventional circumstances within marriages still enjoy higher marital stability. Finally, the results show that occupational attainment has a differential effect on marital instability for husband and wife, with the effects of wife's occupation on the marriage being much weaker than husband's occupation. As for occupational inequality within the marriage, we find that differences in couples' occupational attainment affect the stability of their marriages. In general, marriages with asymmetrical occupational status are more likely to be at risk of marital disruption than those with symmetrical status. Contrary to the conservative belief that the improvement of wives' labor market and socioeconomic characteristics have destructive effects on marriages, our results indicate that marriages in which wives were able to move up the socioeconomic ladder with their husbands do not necessarily have the highest marital disruption rate.
	Bibliography Citation Tzeng, Meei-Shenn. Labor Market Experiences and Socioeconomic Effects on Marital Dissolution. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1993. DAI-A 54/07, p. 2748, Jan 1994.

2.	Tzeng, Meei-Shenn Mare, Robert D.
2.	Labor Market and Socioeconomic Effects on Marital Stability Social Science Research 24,4 (December 1995): 329-351. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X85710137 Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Academic Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Income Level; Labor Market Demographics; Marital Disruption; Marital Dissolution; Marital Stability; Marriage; Siblings; Socioeconomic Factors; Work Experience This paper reports an investigation of the effects of socioeconomic and labor market factors on the dissolution of marriages since the mid 1960s. We examine the effects of possible sources of marital disruption, including poor labor market opportunities for young adults; the economic independence and improved labor market opportunities of women; and changes in the labor market roles and expectations of women within marriage. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Men, Young Women, and Youth, we estimate the effects on marital stability of husbands' and wives' levels, differences and changes in educational attainment, income, and annual weeks worked. Our results suggest that average levels of couples' educational attainment and recent work experiences positively affect marital stability. The degree to which husbands and wives differ on educational attainment and income does not affect marital stability, but the more that wives work relative to their husbands, the greater the chances of disruption. Positive changes in wives' socioeconomic and labor force characteristics over the course of their marriages increase the odds of marital disruption. Copyright 1995, 1999 Academic Press, Inc.
	Bibliography Citation Tzeng, Meei-Shenn and Robert D. Mare. "Labor Market and Socioeconomic Effects on Marital Stability." Social Science Research 24,4 (December 1995): 329-351.

3.	Tzeng, Meei-Shenn Mare, Robert D.
3.	Sibling Models for Panel Attrition Bias in the Analysis of School Transitions Prepared for the Conference on Attrition in Longitudinal Surveys, Washington DC, February 24-25, 1994 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: Author Keyword(s): Attrition; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Modeling; Parental Influences; School Completion; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Studies of the effects of families, schools, and labor market on young persons' decisions to continue in school tell us about the intergenerational transmission of inequality and policy efforts to alter the level and distribution of schooling. This paper examines the effects of parental status and cohort on school continuation decisions of young persons, using models that take account of the potential effects of sample attrition on estimated parameters of our models, This paper proposes alternatives models for sample attrition that exploit an unusual feature of the NLS Surveys, namely, the availability of data on the school transitions and sample attrition of siblings.
	Bibliography Citation Tzeng, Meei-Shenn and Robert D. Mare. "Sibling Models for Panel Attrition Bias in the Analysis of School Transitions." Prepared for the Conference on Attrition in Longitudinal Surveys, Washington DC, February 24-25, 1994.

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