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Acknowledgments
1. Women, Work, and Divorce
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Effect of Divorce on Women's Economic Well-Being
1.3 The Effect of Divorce on Women's Position in the Labor Market
1.4 Models of Women's Labor Market Outcomes: Individualist Approaches
1.5 Models of Women's Labor Market Outcomes: Labor Market Segmentation Approaches
1.6 Overview of the Study
2. Data and Measurement Issues
2.1 The National Longitudinal Surveys of Mature Women
2.2 Sample Attrition, 1967-1977
2.3 Description of Measures Employed in the Study
2.4 Analytic Issues
3. Overview of the Economic Effects of Divorce
3.1 Labor Supply
3.2 Personal Income
3.3 Economic Well-Being
3.4 Summary
4. Labor Supply
4.1 Introduction: Economic Models of Labor Supply
4.2 Effects of Marital History on Labor Force Participation
4.3 Explanatory Models of Labor Force Participation
4.4 Effects of Marital History on Annual Hours
4.5 Explanatory Models of Annual Hours
4.6 Summary of Findings on Labor Supply
5. Personal Income
5.1 Effects of Marital History on Annual Earnings
5.2 Explanatory Models of Annual Earnings
5.3 Effects of Marital History on Hourly Wage
5.4 Explanatory Models of Hourly Wage
5.5 Discussion of Findings on Personal Income
6. Determinants of Economic Well-Being Among Divorced Women
6.1 Introduction: Developments of a Life-Course Model
6.2 Explanatory Model of Income/Needs Ratio
6.3 Explanatory Model of Poverty Status
6.4 Explanatory Model of Public Assistance Status
6.5 Discussion of Findings on Economic Well-Being
7. Conclusion
7.1 Individualist and Structural Explanations of Labor Market Outcomes
7.2 Work-Family Linkages over the Life Course
7.3 The Long-Term Consequences of Divorce
7.4 Changing Gender Roles - A Generation in Transition
Appendix A: Description of Variables Employed in the Analysis
A.1 Dependent Variables
A.2 Race
A.3 Labor Market Segmentation Variables
A.4 Human Capital Variables
A.5 Family Role Variables
A.6 Work Orientation Measure
Appendix B: Descriptive Statistics for Variables Employed in the Analysis
Appendix C: Descriptive Statistics for Variables by Marital History
Appendix D: Corrections for Selection Bias
D.1 Selection Bias with Respect to Labor Force Participation
D.2 Selection Bias with Respect to Marital History
Notes
Bibliography
Index