Measuring underemployment among military spouses

XVII, 87 S.

graph. Darst.

Rand Corporation monograph series : MG. - Santa Monica, Calif. [u.a.] : Rand Corp., ZDB-ID 2211926-7. - Vol. 918-OSD

Includes bibliographical references

Military wives' activity in the labor market -- Association between underemployment and well-being -- Military wives' employment and DoD -- RAND's analysis of military wives' underemployment -- Data used -- Employment measures based on the labor utilization framework -- BLS measures -- Adequacy of BLS standard employment measures for military wives -- LUF measures -- LUF measures of labor force behavior -- LUF measures of labor force position -- Constructing LUF labor force position measures -- Critiques of the LUF labor force position measures -- The prevalence of underemployment among military wives -- Underemployment among military wives -- Variation in underemployment -- Wives' labor market positions -- Usefulness of the LUF labor market categories -- Identifying the determinants of LUF labor market position -- Multinomial logistic regression -- Regression analysis results -- Difference between services -- Differences in LUF labor market position across pay grades -- Racial/ethnic differences in LUF labor market position -- Level of education -- Difficulties unique to the military -- Summary -- Comparison of military and civilian wives' employment conditions -- Likelihood of underemployment -- Propensity score weighting -- Estimated differences between military and civilian wives -- NILF status -- Unemployment -- Part-time work -- Underemployment by low income -- Underemployed by educational mismatch -- Adequate full-time employment -- Summary -- Labor market conditions and the satisfaction of military wives -- Ordered logistic regression -- Average marginal effects -- Summary -- Conclusion and policy implications -- Appendixes.

ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW