TY  - CHAP
AB  - The link between abuse and five labor-market outcomes is analyzed for a large sample of poor women from Washington State. Women abused as adults earned at least 25% less than unabused women in outside employment. Separating earnings into components, women who experienced abuse as children or adults fared significantly worse than unabused women in terms of the probability of work, the average number of months worked per year, and the wage. Sexual abuse was associated with the worst outcomes. Abuse was also associated with worse self-employment outcomes, especially among women sexually abused as adults.
VL  - 20
SN  - 978-1-84950-130-9, 978-0-76230-833-0/0147-9121
DO  - 10.1016/S0147-9121(01)20038-7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-9121(01)20038-7
AU  - Smith Mark W.
ED  - Solomon Polachek
PY  - 2001
Y1  - 2001/01/01
TI  - Abuse and work among poor women: Evidence from Washington State
T2  - Worker Wellbeing in a Changing Labor Market
T3  - Research in Labor Economics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 67
EP  - 102
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -