Family Formation among Women in the U.S. Military: Evidence from the NLSY

Autor/inn/en	Hickes Lundquist, Jennifer; Smith, Herbert L.
Titel	Family Formation among Women in the U.S. Military: Evidence from the NLSY
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 67 (2005) 1, S.1-13 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00001.x
Schlagwörter	Marriage; Females; Economic Factors; Incentives; Employment Patterns; Military Personnel; Comparative Analysis; Birth Rate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehe; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ökonomischer Faktor; Anreiz; Beschäftigungsstruktur
Abstract	Although female employment is associated with lower levels of completed fertility in the civilian world, we find family formation rates among U.S. military women to be comparatively high. We compare enlisted women with civilian women using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 3,547), the only data set to measure simultaneously the nuptiality and fertility of both populations. Using propensity score matching, we show that the fertility effect derives primarily from early marriage in the military, a surprisingly family-friendly institution. This shows that specific organizational and economic incentives in a working environment may offset the more widespread contemporary social and economic factors that otherwise depress marriage and fertility. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10