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KMID : 0379220160360030541
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2016 Volume.36 No. 3 p.541 ~ p.562
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Bridge Employment and Changes in Marital Satisfaction among Korean Baby B
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Na Su-Young
Han Gyoung-Hae
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Abstract
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The current study investigates the relationship and the mechanisms between bridge employment and change in marital satisfaction during midlife, using a three-wave panel dataset obtained from the Korean Baby Boomer Panel Study. A multivariate latent growth analysis reveals that the transition from career employment to bridge employment, compared to maintaining career employment, has an indirect negative effect on increase rate of marital satisfaction through the wage decrease. A steep decrease in wage following transition to bridge employment causes a lower increase in marital satisfaction. On the other hand, continuously engaging in bridge employment rather than career employment is associated with a higher increase in marital satisfaction via a higher increase in job commitment. This result implies that Baby Boomers adapt to bridge employment over time. Overall, the present study finds that the effect of bridge employment on the change in marital satisfaction during midlife varies with the duration of bridge employment. A future research needs to explore which factors can buffer the negative effect of decrease in wage during transition to the bridge employment on the change in marital satisfaction.
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KEYWORD
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bridge employment , marital satisfaction , Baby Boomers , multivariate latent growth model
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