title: The labour supply of married and cohabiting women in the Netherlands, 1981-1989.
abstract: "In this article we investigate the differences in labour supply of married women and cohabiting women in the Netherlands; we try to answer the question how these differences can be explained.  From this study, it can be concluded that differences between both categories of women in participation and in weekly hours worked can predominantly be explained by differences in characteristics (e.g. age, net wage rate, and age of children), than by differences in behaviour.  The empirical results indicate that cohabiting women are more economically independent than married women.  However for married women we found evidence that there was increased economic independence during the eighties; i.e. their weekly hours work has become less affected by the income of their partners." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D006280:Health Workforce; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Comparative Studies; Consensual Union; Currently Married; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status--women; Europe; Human Resources; Labor Force--women; Marital Status--women; Netherlands; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--women; Studies; Western Europe