Most Women Who Maintain Families Receive Poor Labor Market Returns.

Johnson, Beverly L.; Waldman, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ290914

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Most Women Who Maintain Families Receive Poor Labor Market Returns.

Johnson, Beverly L.; Waldman, Elizabeth

Monthly Labor Review, v106 n12 p30-34 Dec 1983

Most women who maintain families have a strong commitment to the labor force but have lower average educational attainment and earnings, bringing them closer to poverty with each additional child. (JOW)

Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment Potential, Fatherless Family, Heads of Households, Poverty

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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