By RAND Corporation, Nelson Lim, Laura Werber Castaneda, Daniela Golinell
This learn confirms that, whereas many spouses of army carrier participants paintings and search schooling just like their "look-alike" civilian opposite numbers, they typically lag those equals by way of discovering jobs and receiving similar pay. in accordance with the enter of greater than 1,100 army spouses relating their employment and academic targets in addition to different info research, the RAND researchers provide thoughts for the dept of safeguard to enhance quality-of-life concerns for its contributors and spouses, which in the end can help the dept keep the certified group of workers it wishes.
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Military Wives Are More Educated Than Their Civilian Counterparts Education has a clear impact on labor market conditions of everyone, including married women. Significantly, Census data show that mili- Who Are Military Spouses? 2 shows, civilian wives are twice as likely as military wives to be high school dropouts—one out of five civilian spouses are high school dropouts. In addition, military wives are more likely to acquire college education compared with their civilian counterparts. In all services, more than half of military wives had some form of college education.
Effect of Education on Spouse Employment Varies by Service Below, we examine different factors that could affect the likelihood of being employed, beginning with education. 3 shows the net effect3 of educational levels on the likelihood of employment for spouses of the different services and civilian wives. All the educational groups are compared with high school/GED graduates. Not surprisingly, higher levels of education generally increase the likelihood of both civilian and military wives being employed.
4 Change in Odds of Being Employed, by Labor Market Experience, for Civilian and Military Wives, by Service 80 Civilian Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Percentage change in odds 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Potential years of labor market experience SOURCE: Authors’ calculation from the 1990 Census. 5 For instance, the effect of work experience is the smallest for civilian wives, indicating that increased work experience does not substantially increase the likelihood that civilian wives will be employed.