Married to the Military: The Employment and Earnings of Military Wives Compared with Those of Civilian Wives [Paperback]

Beth C. Asch (Author), C. Christine Fair (Author), Craig Martin (Author), Michael Mattock (Author), James R. Hosek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002

Focusing on military wives1 contribution to family income, the authors find that, in contrast to civilian wives, military wives are willing to accept lower wages rather than search longer for jobs. They work less than civilian wives if they have young children but more if their children are older; are less probable to work as they get older; and respond to changes in the unemployment rate as workers with a permanent attachment to the work force, not as "added workers."

Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Rand Corp (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833031805
• ISBN-13: 978-0833031808
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,899,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

C. Christine Fair, in August, will become an assistant professor in the Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), within Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Previously, she has served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer to the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul and as a senior research associate in USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Her research focuses upon political and military affairs in South Asia. She has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books including Treading Softly on Sacred Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations on Sacred Space (OUP, 2008); The Madrassah Challenge: Militancy and Religious Education in Pakistan (USIP, 2008), Fortifying Pakistan: The Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance (USIP, 2006); among others and has written numerous peer-reviewed articles covering a range of security issues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. She is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations and is the Managing Editor of India Review.