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McKinnish, Terra G. – Journal of Human Resources, 2007
As women have entered the work force and occupational sex segregation has declined, workers experience increased contact with the opposite sex on the job. The sex mix a worker encounters on the job should affect the cost of search for alternative mates and therefore the probability of divorce. This paper uses 1990 Census data to calculate the sex…
Descriptors: Divorce, Probability, Marital Status, Gender Differences