Migration and Employment Among the Civilian Spouses of Military Personnel

This article attempts to directly observe the effect of being a tied migrant on the economic status of the civilian husbands and wives of military personnel in order to confirm whether previously observed trailing-wife effects are consistent with being a tied migrant. Copyright (c) 2005 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

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