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Marriage, fertility, and labor market prospects in the United States, 1960-2000
(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)
Over the past forty years a tremendous number of women have entered the labor
market, removing stay-home motherhood as the most dominant female occupation. The
linkage between the change in the labor market and change in ...
The social construction of adulthood: Menarche and motherhood
(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)
Demographic and sociological theories usually do not incorporate biological variable into their explanations. This dissertation addresses this void by examining the influence of age at menarche on age at first birth, the ...
Three essays in labor and health economics: individual decisions on occupation, labor supply, and demand for heatlh
(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)
In this dissertation, I examine individual decisions in occupational choice, labor supply, and health care utilization. Occupational choice decisions of female college graduates on whether to teach or not are analyzed to ...