Family, Work, and Women: The Labor Supply of Hispanic Immigrant Wives.

Stier, Haya; Tienda, Marta

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ERIC Number: EJ463464

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Family, Work, and Women: The Labor Supply of Hispanic Immigrant Wives.

Stier, Haya; Tienda, Marta

International Migration Review, v26 n4 p1291-1313 Win 1992

Results from analyses of census data for 997 immigrant Mexican wives, 347 Puerto Ricans, and 405 other Hispanics in comparison with 1,210 native-born counterparts and 8,766 white wives indicate that the labor force behavior of Hispanic wives is highly responsive to their earning potential. (SLD)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics, Females, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Labor Force, Labor Supply, Mexican Americans, Models, Puerto Ricans, Racial Differences, Spouses, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Assn. of America (Toronto, Canada, May 3-6, 1990).