Abstract: Prior empirical research on the earnings penalty of being a tied-migrant has focused primarily on the working wives of servicemen. Over the last couple of decades the …
Abstract: As increasing numbers of women are recruited into the U.S. Navy, retention of women (especially in combat occupational specialties) lags behind men. Data indicate that …
Abstract: Recent research has shown that men who served in the military during the early years of the all-volunteer force (AVF) have a higher risk of homelessness than do veterans …
Abstract: U.S. policy banning openly gay and lesbian personnel from serving in its military rests on the belief that heterosexual discomfort with lesbian and gay service members …
The issue of transition is explored, using theory, to consider the differences in lifestyle that veterans needs to consider when moving permanently back to being a civilian. The …
Abstract: Children in military families experience various stressors associated with the demands of military life, such as parental absences due to deployments. However, there is …
Abstarct: This article considers the experiences of 12 U.S. Army women combat veterans. These women served in historically significant roles as some of the first women to …
Abstract: This article employs 1990 Public Use Microsample data from the U.S. Census, stratified by labor market area (LMA), to estimate the effect of military presence-defined as …
Abstract: This article considers the pressures on the British armed services to increase the participation of minority ethnic groups and assesses recent government policy on this …
Abstract: Despite increasing prevention efforts, military suicide rates have surpassed those of the general population. This trend may reflect a deficit in our understanding of …
Abstract: Drawing upon data from the Deployment Life Study, this article examines whether female military spouses (SPs) are disadvantaged relative to matched civilian peers in …