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Title: Essays on the Economics of Work and Non-Traditional Families

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Economists have long recognized a connection between outcomes in the home and outcomes in the labor market. A large theoretical and empirical literature has explored the implications of this connection for men and women in traditional families - primarily heterosexual, married couples who live together, often with their children. Families have evolved considerably in the last half-century, however, and traditional families comprise a declining proportion of households in the United States. This dissertation contributes to a broader scope for family economics with essays that examine the work-family trade-offs of two groups of non-traditional couples: same-sex couples and committed couples who live apart. The results presented in the dissertation show that families are innovative in the face of changing constraints and suggest that those in the vanguard of family change have much to teach us, not just about their own family lives, but about family life in general.

Url: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/89613/martamc_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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Authors: Murray-Close, Marta

Institution: University of Michigan

Department: Economics

Advisor: Professor Robert J. Willis

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender

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