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Migration and Employment Among the Civilian Spouses of Military Personnel

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  • Thomas J. Cooke
  • Karen Speirs

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Objectives. This article attempts to directly observe the effect of being a tied migrant on the economic status of the civilian husbands and wives of military personnel in order to confirm whether previously observed trailing‐wife effects are consistent with being a tied migrant. Methods. A sample of the civilian husbands of women in the military and the civilian wives of men in the military are drawn from the Public Use Microdata Sample of the 1990 U.S. Census. Ordinal logit models of labor‐market status and tobit models of hours worked are estimated, which include a migrant status variable. Results. Migration is associated with a 10 percent decline in employment among all civilian wives and a four‐hour decline in hours worked per week among civilian wives who remain employed. Migration is associated with a statistically insignificant but very similar 6 percent drop in employment among all civilian men and a five‐hour decline in hours worked per week among civilian men who remain employed. Conclusions. The results provide solid evidence that being a tied migrant, irrespective of gender, is disruptive to both labor‐market status and hours worked. Thus, the assumption that wives are harmed because of their disproportionate status as tied migrants is supported.

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  • Thomas J. Cooke & Karen Speirs, 2005. "Migration and Employment Among the Civilian Spouses of Military Personnel," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 86(2), pages 343-355, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:86:y:2005:i:2:p:343-355
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00306.x
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    1. Jeremy Burke & Amalia R. Miller, 2018. "The Effects Of Job Relocation On Spousal Careers: Evidence From Military Change Of Station Moves," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 56(2), pages 1261-1277, April.
    2. Thomas Cooke & Paul Boyle & Kenneth Couch & Peteke Feijten, 2009. "A longitudinal analysis of family migration and the gender gap in earnings in the united states and great britain," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 46(1), pages 147-167, February.
    3. Amy Bailey, 2011. "Race, Place, and Veteran Status: Migration among Black and White Men, 1940–2000," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 30(5), pages 701-728, October.
    4. Terra Mckinnish, 2008. "Spousal Mobility and Earnings," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 45(4), pages 829-849, November.
    5. Thomas Cooke, 2005. "Gender Role Beliefs and Family Migration Decision-Making - Consequences for Married Women's Economic and Labor Force Success," ERSA conference papers ersa05p239, European Regional Science Association.
    6. Fang Lee Cooke, 2007. "Husband's career first," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 21(1), pages 47-65, March.
    7. Richard Wright & Steven Holloway & Mark Ellis, 2013. "Gender and the Neighborhood Location of Mixed-Race Couples," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 50(2), pages 393-420, April.
    8. Breann Whitby & Janice Compton, 2018. "The labor supply of military wives in the US," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 513-539, June.
    9. Claudia Geist & Patricia McManus, 2012. "Different Reasons, Different Results: Implications of Migration by Gender and Family Status," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 49(1), pages 197-217, February.

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