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Title: Labor Market Experiences and Socioeconomic Effects on Marital Dissolution
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Tzeng, Meei-Shenn |
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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. |
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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. |