By the Numbers - Nov. 14, 2016
57 %
The "labor force participation rate" of military wives in 2010, down from 63% in 1990, according to a new article in the journal Review of Economics of the Household -- The labor supply of military wives in the US.
The researchers note that overall, the labor force participation rate of women age 18–55 increased slightly over that same 10-year period. They attribute the "widening gap" between percentage of working military wives versus all women in that age group to "repeated migration for military wives, and the deepening of the recession."
On a related note, a new RAND Corporation working paper indicates that military-related "moves cause a substantial decline in spousal earnings in the year of the move, on the order of $2,100, or 14% of average spousal earnings."
Whitby, B., & Compton, J. (2016). The labor supply of military wives in the US. Review of Economics of the Household. DOI: 10.1007/s11150-016-9352-y
Burke, J., & Miller, A. (2016). The Effects of Military Change of Station Moves on Spousal Earnings. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from: http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR1170.html.
57 %
The "labor force participation rate" of military wives in 2010, down from 63% in 1990, according to a new article in the journal Review of Economics of the Household -- The labor supply of military wives in the US.
The researchers note that overall, the labor force participation rate of women age 18–55 increased slightly over that same 10-year period. They attribute the "widening gap" between percentage of working military wives versus all women in that age group to "repeated migration for military wives, and the deepening of the recession."
On a related note, a new RAND Corporation working paper indicates that military-related "moves cause a substantial decline in spousal earnings in the year of the move, on the order of $2,100, or 14% of average spousal earnings."
Whitby, B., & Compton, J. (2016). The labor supply of military wives in the US. Review of Economics of the Household. DOI: 10.1007/s11150-016-9352-y
Burke, J., & Miller, A. (2016). The Effects of Military Change of Station Moves on Spousal Earnings. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved from: http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR1170.html.