Women's labor force participation and status exchange in intermarriage: A model and evidence for Hawaii

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-268

  Grossbard Shechtman, Shoshana ^a   Fu, Xuanning ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differentials; Interracial marriage; Marriage market; Spousal labor; Women's socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036988626     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021776126532     Document Type: Article

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