abstract: 'Objective. The purpose of this research is to examine how various

  factors influence the labor supply of married women at different stages

  of the life cycle. Methods. Using data from the 1992-94 National Survey

  of Families and Households, multinomial legit models of full-time

  employment, part-time employment, and nonparticipation in the labor

  force are estimated separately for various stages, depending on the

  presence and ages of children. Results. The effects of the husband''s

  earnings and the wife''s own wage on her employment decisions vary

  considerably across the life cycle stages and are highly nonlinear.

  Significantly, among women who have preschoolers, an increase in the

  wage rate raises the odds of part-time employment as opposed to either

  of the two extremes, full-time work or nonparticipation. Two variables

  that have received little attention in previous research are found to be

  important and worthy of further investigation: religion and the presence

  of stepchildren in the household. Conclusions. The determinants of

  married women''s labor supply behavior vary across the life cycle stages

  and include factors beyond those considered in conventional models of

  female employment.'
affiliation: 'Lehrer, EL (Corresponding Author), Univ Illinois, Dept Econ MC 144,
  601 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607 USA.

  Univ Illinois, Dept Econ MC 144, Chicago, IL 60607 USA.'
author: Lehrer, EL
author_list:
- family: Lehrer
  given: EL
da: '2023-09-28'
files: []
issn: 0038-4941
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
keywords-plus: 'FORCE PARTICIPATION; INCOME INEQUALITY; UNITED-STATES; RELIGION;

  DETERMINANT; FERTILITY; WORK'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '26'
pages: 574-590
papis_id: e7ba8da5853db0e2d16b4e2508346b88
ref: Lehrer1999marriedwomens
times-cited: '13'
title: 'Married women''s labor supply behavior in the 1990s: Differences by life-cycle
  stage'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000082149800009
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '80'
web-of-science-categories: Political Science; Sociology
year: '1999'