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Household structure and labor force participation of black, hispanic, and white mothers

Author(s) -

Marta Tienda,

Jennifer Glass

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061067

Subject(s) - poverty , demographic economics , single mothers , economics , white (mutation) , ethnic group , inclusion (mineral) , labour economics , psychology , political science , economic growth , social psychology , developmental psychology , biochemistry , gene , chemistry , law

This paper investigates whether the inclusion of nonnuclear adults in a household facilitates the labor force participation of single and married mothers. Results based on a sample of extended and nuclear households show that the extension mechanism facilitates the labor market entry of married mothers, but not of single mothers. Interactions between extended structure, ethnicity, and poverty, however, suggest a complex relationship. For extended family households, the gender and employment characteristics of nonnuclear adults affected the labor force participation of single mothers, but the number of nonnuclear members was inversely associated with the market activity of married mothers. Policy implications are discussed in the final section.

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